Back home…
August 19, 2007
We’re back from Inverness… and a memorable weekend it was!! We did a bit of shopping of Friday afternoon, then went to “Beat the Drum” on Saturday and did some more shopping on Sunday. We stayed at friends of ours in their house in Culbokie, a little village close to Inverness.
Visiting “Beat the Drum” was without doubt a very special experience and the highlight of the weekend. The bands performed on a field of a farm near the village of Drumnadrochit, the home town of the Loch Ness monster about a 40 minute drive from Inverness. There were about 17.000 people attending, which is like a complete invasion for a small town like Drumnadrochit.
The music was great, the organization of the event spotless and smooth but the weather was absolutely horrendous and totally gruesome. It rained all day, without stopping… And not just a drizzle but an all-day solid and steady shower. So by seven in the evening the whole field was covered in a thick layer of mud. It was our estimate that after the show, the field would have to be ploughed and seeded again to restore its original state. It was that bad…
Luckily we were well prepped and wore our rain suits so we stayed relatively dry. However, after so many hours in the rain you start to get cold and by 8pm there were people with signs of hypothermia. Obviously those received immediate medical attention.
Although all eyes were geared towards Runrig - a very famous Scottish band - I was personally very much impressed by the performances of The Great Big Sea - a Canadian band from Newfoundland - and Wolfstone, another Scottish band. Wolfstone had a front man who played the fiddle and I thought he played absolutely amazing. Their music was a good blend of Scottish folk and rock… and if you’re into that sort of music, both bands are really worth your attention! You will find them on the iTunes store…
Well, looking back it was a great experience. It’s really amazing to see the different kind of people attending: basically young and old having a party and their spirits high as can be… not at all lowered by the appalling weather. The crowd danced and jumped on the beats of some of the fast paced songs.
It turned out to be a real happening…
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