Saturday, September 22, 2007

Pub

After 3 busy days and nights in Inverness and surrounding areas, especially one memorable late night at a pub called 'tits and nannies' (real name, 'Hootenannys'), I planned for my final evening to be a quiet one. Upon returning from a walk along the river Ness I heard bagpipes coming from the local pub Gellions. This screamed picture opportunity so I followed the music. Unfortunately, there was a crowd of people overflowing from the front entrance and I tried, to no avail, to squeeze myself through. I was spotted, the obvious tourist with her camera ready, by one of the locals and suddenly the crowd parted and I was quickly rushed to the front so I could take a picture of the band. Okay, I had my picture, thanked everyone immensly and prepared to leave but my garcious hosts wouldn't allow it. Suddenly I was bombarded with question about my origin and purpose and ended up step dancing and singing with the locals until the band stopped playing. What a wonderful night!

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