Blairsville Scottish Festival June 12-14

**JolyStNicholas** · 16th June 09, 07:26 AM

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

**ghostlight** · 16th June 09, 07:51 AM

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

**Atlanta Kiltie** · 20th June 09, 06:49 AM

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

**turpin** · 20th June 09, 03:57 PM

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** · 21st June 09, 06:01 AM

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

**Wompet** · 28th June 09, 04:16 PM

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** · 28th June 09, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by 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....

**Wompet** · 28th June 09, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by 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....

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

**Wompet** · 28th June 09, 04:47 PM

Myself, Atlanta Kiltie, Ciltmore, Santa Wally, and Turpin.
Unfortunately, Leprechaun-91 showed up right after we ran out of cameras and photographers.

**Wompet** · 28th June 09, 04:32 PM

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.