Blairsville Scottish Festival June 12-14

[JolyStNicholas]

Grand photo's one and all. thanks to everyone for sharing them and your outing with us!

[ghostlight]

That looks like a lot of fun. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Atlanta Kiltie]

It was announced at band practice, the Loch Hartwell games are not happening this year.

[turpin]

The organizer told me they are on hiatus for 09, but hope to return in 10. It's a charming small games and I hope it works out.

[Leprechaun 91]

How Sad. It seems like we are loosing games left and right around here. Our poor economy strikes again.

[Wompet]

It took long enough for me to get these uploaded, but better late than never.

First off, they took their security seriously at Blairsville:


But they had a sense of humor as well:

No good pictures of the Border Collies in action, but they weren't the best trained that I've seen.
Unfortunately, I don't have any good action pics of the Gordon Setter, and he was the best that I've seen.

[KFCarter]

On the other hand, for those of us who have to occasionally deal with ill-behaved house guests, "Boarder Collies" could come in handy....

[Wompet]

The vendors were the usual, for the most part, so I didn't take that many pictures of them.
There was a seller of nicely carved walking sticks, but when I tried their website it led to nowhere. If it had worked, I would have posted those pictures.

These folks must have known that I was coming:




As silly as I usually find kilts and jackets on dogs, these were well-made, particularly the stable-blanket style above. The leashes and collars showed good construction as well. If anyone is interested, their website is http://www.theheelanhound.com/index.html, and the prices are about half if you send them the material.

[Wompet]

Just a couple of pictures here -

Can anyone spot something a little odd about this fellow's kilt?

Despite this "kilt don't", I understand that he came in second in the Boniest Knees contest (the winner was from the same clan).

And of the various games I've been too, this is only the second that has had a Robertson tent (in the background, behind the well-dressed scout)

[Wompet]

On the other hand, for those of us who have to occasionally deal with ill-behaved house guests, "Boarder Collies" could come in handy....

I can't argue with that, not one bit.