Its all about technique, this guy was the 'smallest' competitor at about 6 foot 2 inches. But he was the was the biggest tosser amongst the field.
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OK so its not sunny all the time, but I suppose its quite fitting for a Scottish gathering. Heidi's putting her best cheery face on when shown the large numbers of bagpipes wandering around the place. |
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A reenactment group who as well as firing for the opening and closing ceremonies, managed to scare the heck out of quite a few people ! |
| The massed highland fling |
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The first challenge of tossing the caber is picking it up... |
| ...then start running with it (as much as you can run with a telegraph pole on your shoulders)... |
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.. finally give it a hefty toss. It has to go end
over end or it doesn't count. Its all about technique, this guy was the 'smallest' competitor at about 6 foot 2 inches. But he was the was the biggest tosser amongst the field. |
| The massed bands.. best viewed from the beer tent we discovered. |
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