On 24 Jun 2011, at 12:24, cwhill wrote:
Imagine some guy sitting watching his goats playing a shawm, getting out of
breath (and they do take a lot of puff) and thinking I have a cunning plan.
Hi Colin and all,
Goats are pretty clever creatures and apparently have been playing bagpipes
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
Colin Hill
On 26/06/2011 11:41, Francis Wood wrote:
On 24 Jun 2011, at 12:24, cwhill wrote:
Imagine some guy sitting watching his goats playing a shawm, getting out of breath (and
they do take a lot of puff) and thinking I
On 26 Jun 2011, at 13:23, cwhill wrote:
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
Interesting idea! Perhaps make shepherds pie from the other bits?
Francis
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OK, just for you, here's the missing item ,
You mean you have never seen Big Al and his amazing shawm playing goat
quartet? You haven't lived.
Colin Hill
On 24/06/2011 14:40, Gibbons, John wrote:
I've never seen anyone's goats playing a shawm - playing the goat, perhaps.
You are
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:23 PM,
cwhill [1]cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
A long time ago (not quite mediaeval times though) someone (Dave van
Doorn?) did a cartoon for the BagSoc magazine on exACTly that
Last call for Newcastleton Piping Comps
Sat 2 July 2011
When I was asked to judge these again this year I said I was happy to
do so if the Festival Committee were happy to continue with them, given
the recent low turnouts for both Border and Northumbrian pipes classes.
The
The midges in Newcastleton are as nothing compared to the ones on the 'right'
side of the border along Kielder Water.
On our only trip there, we stopped on the way to admire the view of the lake,
and were eaten alive.
The cost of getting there is measured in blood!
But Liddesdale was always
