1 Stuart Liddell 2 Niall Stewart 3 Finlay Johnston 4 Angus MacColl 5 Callum Beaumont Judges: A MacDonald, I McLellan, W Morrison

1 Connor Sinclair, End of the Great Bridge 2 Stuart Easton, Rout of Glen Fruin 3 Cameron Drummond, Kintarbert’s Fancy 4 Andrew Donlon, Kintarbert’s Fancy 5 Sarah Muir, End of the Great Bridge Judges: T Speirs, S Samson, W Wotherspoon

1 Gordon McCready 2 Craig Sutherland 3 Sarah Muir 4 Angus J MacColl 5 Alasdair Henderson Judges: W Cowan, B Donaldson, R Livingstone

1 James MacKenzie, The Bicker 2 Alex Gandy, Salute to Donald 3 John Dew, Marquis of Argyle’s Salute 4 Steven Leask, Massacre of Glencoe 5 Xavier Boderiou, Marquis of Argyle’s Salute Judges: N Mulvie, S Shedden, J Wilson

Someone on social media was asking about this picture. For those who don’t know, it is of the MacCrimmon Cairn at Borreraig on Skye. The piper is John MacFadyen and the listener Seton Gordon the writer, naturalist and piping judge. The occasion, early 1970s, would be the ‘penny and a piobaireachd’ ceremony which was organised annually (before my time) by the College of Piping. In return for the money and…