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| Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games were an amazing spectacle. Although run by locals, for locals; visitors from far away were made welcome.
Our camp site was the Five Roads, which is really close to Alyth, an interesting historic village - very proud of its heritage with plaques explaining the origins of street names, and the history of the village giving a small insight into Scottish life.
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| No-one said it was easy!
| Piipes & Drums | Success
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| The Ardblair Stones
| Lifting a Stone | Cycle Races
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| Axe Throwing
| On the Way | The Axes are sharp!
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| Returning from the Hill Race
| Cheiftain of the Games
Laurence Blair Oliphant
of Ardblair and Gask | One of the Tugs of War
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| Mike entering Alyth
| ALYTH PACK BRIDGE
One of the oldest bridges
in Scotland.
Dating from before 1600, probably
c1500, allowing monks to cross the
Alyth Burn. | The village centre
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| MARKET CROSS
| In 1488 James lll granted Alyth
the Burgh of Barony | This allowed local merchants
to sell their goods, and
entitled the town to hold regular
markets and fairs.
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