![]() ![]() "Sometimes we do something like the Battle of Hastings and it has to be 100 per cent accurate to the actual battle, but I think it's always a bit of fun to bring in some local history as we're doing today." Members of the Glasgow Vikings rushing into battle on the West Clyth showfield. "But what we also want to do is to entertain everyone. She said: "We do very small shows and very large shows, and when they're small we like to pull in a wee bit of local history. Thorgunna, one of the visiting Vikings, explained that their activities are designed to be both educational and entertaining. Their appearance was supported by the Lybster and Tannach Fund. The county's Norse heritage was celebrated by a 25-strong group from the Glasgow Vikings, who put on a living history encampment demonstrating a range of skills as well as staging battle re-enactments. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios The supreme horse championship went to the Shetland pony champion, Breckan First Endeavour, known as Eddie, a nine-year-old gelding shown by Sarah Campbell, Framside, Calder, and ridden by seven-year-old Hannah Taylor. The supreme horse championship went to the Shetland pony champion, Breckan First Endeavour, known as Eddie, a nine-year-old gelding shown by Sarah Campbell, Framside, Calder. This gimmer after a tup from the flock of Jamie Henderson, Murrayfield, gave the farm its first-ever championship. Reserve champion of champions was the supreme sheep champion and North Country Cheviot champion from Michael Anderson, West Catchery, Watten. The champion of champions title went to the supreme cattle champion and commercial cattle champion from Mark Munro, J Munro and Son, Invercharron, Ardgay – Classy Lassie, a 19-month-old Limousin cross Belgian Blue heifer after the Limousin bull Tonka. It is absolutely brilliant." Tasha Smith with the reserve champion of champions, the supreme sheep champion and North Country Cheviot champion, from Michael Anderson, West Catchery, Watten. "But we have a great team here and they put everything together in three days. Mr Gunn added: "We baled and cleared the bales off the showfield on Wednesday night and it was half-past one in the morning when we got the field cleared. It has kicked back in again and there seems to be a bit of enthusiasm." "I think everybody is absolutely delighted that it's here and we're assuming that we're going to go from strength to strength now. We've had a big improvement in vintage tractors. Accompanied with lemonade, it was the best biscuits and gravy I have ever experienced, I mean, that one can on the west coast."The show is bigger, there's more to see. I wanted some meat, and I that ordering ham would be sensible, until the guy cooking said “Oh, these are some of the thickest slices of ham” and dropped the monster in front of me. But so, this meal, it was biscuits with the sausage gravy that was topped with scrambled eggs, cheese, and garlic grits. Oh my gosh, just thinking about it is making my mouth water. I felt like I could eat a horse, but afterwards, I thought that I would good for days! I ordered the Gritty Scrambled Cheesy Bitch with sausage gravy and two slabs of ham added. We couldn’t decide until Andrea said “We’re right by Biscuit Bitch!”īut this place, this establishment built on biscuits and gravy, provided me with one of the best meals that I’ve had in a very long time. I could hang out in there forever, but, it’s pretty small, so I don’t.Īfter a bout in the book store, we walked over to Urban Outfitters so that I could use up a gift card before we made our way to a paper store called Paper Hammer, that was awesome! It was basically a printmakers dream, and my housemate Andrea was in love, seeing as that’s her major! Here’s their website to look at the kind of things they sell:Īfter Paper Hammer, we found ourselves famished from walking around. I remember I had bought a book from there for a project that I was doing on race and identity, a book that was easy to find because they have a section up against a wall labeled along the lines of “race and ethnicity”. It’s full of zines and books about social justice and posters of things that I don’t even know what they are! It holds great sentiment to me, because it was one of the first places I went on my very first trip to the Pacific Northwest. This book store is not like other book stores. ![]()
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