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It looks smashing – read more about the boats here. I should warn, though, that you may need to turn the sound down if the music isn’t to your taste. I’d say it was shangalanging guitars and agonised bellowing, and that it doesn’t seem to go well with a timeless activity in a timeless-looking and … Continue reading “A promotional video for the St Ayles skiffs”
The week-long St Ayles Skiff World Championships are about to start at Ullapool, and it’s to be a right Royal event. Read about it all here, here and here. I was reminded about the event this morning by Chris Partridge, and I have to say I think his sentiments about are right on target. … Continue reading “St Ayles Skiff World Championships take place this week”
Oyster dredgers’ ‘dreg songs’ will be heard again on the waters off Portobello Beach on the 20th June 2012 from 7:30pm into the evening. Formerly sung by oyster fishermen as they rowed, towing dredges across the oyster scalps of the Firth, the songs nearly vanished when over-fishing ended the harvest many years ago. Cockenzie, Port Seton, Fisherrow, Newhaven and Leith … Continue reading “Long-lost ‘dreg songs’ to return to the Firth of Forth this June”