Bridge of Allan Highland Games

The antepenultimate competition of the season saw the band competing at Bridge of Allan. There were eleven bands in our grade.

Our performance was very good, but was marred by a couple of fairly basic errors. However, this was also a competition where we had introduced a new piper to the mix, playing his first competition.

In the end, we came fifth, narrowly missing out on one of the prizes. However, there is a further mitigating factor at play: this marks the start of the month of August, and so some of the overseas bands have started arriving for the World Championships and the Cowal Games. These bands are generally exceptionally good, but because they don't compete at all the competitions they are stuck in Grade 4B. This has the unfortunate effect of skewing the results somewhat.

So, all in all, I'm reasonably happy with that.

#33: "Pathfinder: The End of Eternity", by Jason Nelson
#34: "Pathfinder: Bonus Bestiary", by Paizo Publishing

(July was a very productive month for books, and August looks like it will be as well. By the end of this week, I hope to have finished books #35 and #36, both of which are already in progress, and I fully expect to read at least four books the week after. Suddenly, the target of 52 for the year is looking almost easy.)