The Bagpipe Society

Grace Notes

It does not seem quite right to be writing the foreword to the Summer edition of Chanter, sat at my desk, wrapped up in a thick wool cardigan! Someone hasn’t told the weather that we are at the beginning of May and it should be warm now. Let’s hope that by the time this edition is posted through your letterboxes we are all experiencing some better temperatures, especially as we will soon be packing tents ready to set off to the Blowout! The Blowout, for me, is always the start of summer and then it’s just a few weeks to go before my other annual pilgrimage to Le Son Continu in a, usually, hot and sunny France. I hope to meet many of you at one or both events and the thought of catching up with fellow pipers (and hopefully securing future articles for Chanter!) is what keeps me going through the cold, grey skies of a Moorlands winter.

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