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On 29th July I headed out
with Alan MacKenzie to attend the Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville,
Glengarry country in Eastern Ontario. This is where the United
Empire Loyalists headed when they headed out of the USA and also where
many Scots emigrated to.
The games attracts the
largest number of pipe bands and pipers of any games in Canada and
so if you are into the Pipes and Drums then this is a must visit event. In
fact this event also hold a Guinness World Record for having the most
dancers on stage at one time. I have a photo of this which you'll see
later.
So it was onto the train
from Chatham to Oakville where Alan would meet me and then a six hour car
journey to Cornwall where we'd be staying the night.
On the way we stopped for a
break at the "Big Apple"...
They has a wee farm which seemed popular with
the kids and you can find also play minature gold. Their fame comes from
their apple pies and it was truly excellent and certainly the best I've
had so far in Canada :-)
You can see the big apple which is easy to
spot on the 401
And here we arrive at the Ramada Inn in
Cornwall
And there was a MacDonald getting married
We had to head out to this filling station to
get our tickets for the Games
And then it was Saturday and we headed into
the games early in the morning and were greeted by the first of the
security team :-)
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