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Calling all pipers and drummers
"THE FRONT RANK" - Pipefest 2005, Holyrood Park Edinburgh - 21 August 2005Photographed by Colin Dickson[/caption]
Pipefest are gathering 10,000 Pipers and drummers from around the World. Pipers and...
Bannockburn: Apparently its just because we hate the En...
Sorry! turns out we all hate you apparently.
Normally I try to keep this blog reasonably clear of political opinion (no really I do). It has been suggested many times that the big issue with the Ba...
The Gauntlets are Off! - Sir Malcolm Wades into Bannock...
Strange forces seem to work on the internet, last year only hours after we had launched this site the news broke that the Stirling gathering was on the rocks. Yesterday a matter of minutes after I pub...
2014: A year of Homecoming (if you like golf or athleti...
Bertie Vogts new head of Visit Scotland? noooooooooo!!!
Last year Stirling Council didn't so much drop the ball on the gathering, more like they picked it up on the halfway line, dribbled past thei...
The Second Battle of Bannockburn
I was alerted today that an article had appeared in the Times. As someone who tends to avoid lining the Murdoch's pockets I had missed it. However I've grudgingly given them a pound via my local newsa...
Stone Mountain Games: Listen for Yourself
Many thanks to COSCA for posting up the audio file from the Stone Mountain clan conference from last month. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties the first part of the audio is missing. What we ...
Grasping the Thistle
Bless those poor wee journalists over at the The Herald Newspaper and their former bosses up the road at Scottish Television, they might have a finger on the pulse when it comes to news, they might ...
Stirling Council and Trotsky's Elbow: Incompetence or D...
"This isn't the Gathering you're looking for - you can go about your business"
A few hours after this site went live on October 12th the news began to break that Stirling Council had pulled the plu...
2014; What We Know. An End (we hope) to Press Speculati...
Scotsman celebrate the news that the Scotland on Sunday article was mostly 'pish'
If ever an article had to start with the word 'right' then this is it.....
Right!
Finally we have some confirmed ...
A 'Stoney' Silence!
There is a phrase i recall from my secondary school science days 'nature abhors a vacuum'. Aye you and me both pal!
Well over a month ago I signed up for COSCA's web cast conference event to be he...
The Mist is Clearing, More Announcements on 2014!
I dont know if anyone ever said this but press releases are like buses, you wait for ages for one then three come at once COSCA have pitched their considerable hat into the ring and backed up what ha...
2014; The Trickle Becomes a Flood
Well it looks like the cat is well and truly 'oot the bag'
We've just had another announcement this time from Homecoming Scotland, ill not waste any more of your time so here it is:
Homecoming Scotla...
!!! New Dates for the Clan Gathering Announced !!!
Well its been an interesting last 24 hours to ay the least
Yesterday afternoon we launched this site and began letting everyone know via our Facebook pages and other networks. All seemed to be going ...
I'll be There!
The Clans Parade in 2009
" I was there in 2009. Barely walking. I had double knee surgery just a week before I was to leave for the games. There was no way I was going to let that stop me. It was s...
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