Braemar gathering Highland Games Scotland
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Since we created this video, HRH the queen has passed away, RIP ma’am you'll be sorely missed.
Braemar gathering is the most prestigious highland games event in the calendar, attended by the Royal family and held at the princess royal and duke of fife memorial park, Cairngorms, Scotland.
We parked overnight in our camper van in the centre of Braemar for the games and watched bagpipe marching bands pass through the streets.
HM the queen normally attends but this year it was prince Charles and Princess Anne in attendance which pleased Sarah as Charles gave her a smile and we sand the national anthem to the royals.
The event is amazing, there's lots of sports happening including many different marching bands parading around the park.
Plenty of food and drink available and the atmosphere is superb! Especially as we'd originally booked our tickets for the 2020 event but, due to covid, we had to wait until 2022 to attend.
The drive to Braemar is stunning. From the South, it passes through Glenshee and the views of the Cairngorm mountains are spectacular.
We decided to retreat from Braemar for our second night and head south to the Kelpies to see them illuminated at night and take some photos. The rain had other ideas for us but it was an amazing weekend and we'll no doubt be back at the gathering in the future.
brilliant video heading there this year thanks
Thank you 🙏🏼
Lucky sods! You’ll have an amazing time, such a great atmosphere 👌🏼
We love marching bands!! 👍👍
So do we! 🤩
Thanks for checking in kids 🙏🏼
Looks like a great show. Love the bagpipes and marching bands 🙂👍
It’s such an experience, which you can’t capture on camera.
Thank you both 🙏🏼
Canny wack a bit of the pipes. Been to Braemar several times. Our dog hates the bagpipes though!. Kelpies are decent, we live 15 minutes from them.
We’re dying to watch this event again but you’ve just reminded us, our idiot dog would not like the pipes, the drums or the starter guns so we need a willing dog sitter 😄😄
Still waiting to hear this operatic voice 🤪😜😜👍 It was quite an emotional video watching the games, and the queen would normally be there….guess there is a lot of things that will feel strange for a while. Great vlog and we adore bagpipes 😍😍
The bar didn’t have enough beer in stock for Sarah to really unleash 😂
It’s a very emotional period of time right now, but she’s got a great stand in.
Oh the bagpipes were immense, you could feel it in your chest 🤩🏴
@@Professionalmoochers one day we will get to hear Sarah belt out an awesome song! 🤞👍
@@TheBabblingBrookes you’ll be sorry!
@@Professionalmoochers 😜🤣
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Hey! Thanks for sharing this. You're a lovely couple, and I very much enjoyed watching your video. The King County Highland Games, here in Washington state, has a nearly as beautiful backdrop as your Braemar Games. It's a two day event, with a free sing-along and ceilidh the evening before it kicks off, the last weekend of July, at the King County fairgrounds in Enumclaw, Washington. Seeing your games makes me deeply sorry that I missed ours, this last July. Anyway, thanks again. It was super. Especially seeing their Royal Highnesses, there. Very cool.
Thanks very much Paul!
Your games sound amazing and we’ll certainly look it up if/when we head over to the states 😍
Braemar Gathering is so good, the atmosphere is full of excitement, the crowds are in great spirits and there were a few Americans watching too 😁
Brilliant video, looked like lots of fun at the games. You captured it all perfectly.
Great footage of the kelpies all lit up 💜x
Thank you 🤩
It’s such a great event 👍🏼
Great trip, loved the games. Greetings from Kansas USA.
Thank you 🙏🏼
It was an amazing experience 🤩
Hello back at you from England 🏴
Well, after 6 months of trawling through various vlogs on campervans, we’ve finally come across you pair. You’re probably the best channel on here for a mix of content and making it genuine and funny 👏. Once my ears have stopped ringing from all those bagpipes, I’ll catch up on all your trips. Excellent work, look forward to more, love Dennis 👍
😂😂 thanks Dennis, our ears are still ringing too!
Thanks for the great feedback too, everyone is good at something, our channel growth suffers because we document different kinds of trips but, that’s our life so that’s how it’s going to stay.
Plenty more to come as we’re on the eurotunnel tomorrow 😉
@@Professionalmoochers yes, I get the issue with channel growth, I also do a rugby league podcast with a similar philosophy, it’s taken 4 years to get established but we refuse to conform for ‘growths’ sake. Don’t change, play the long game, it’s great. we’ve started our camper channel recently and intend to just do our own thing at the cost of growth but I’m not arsed, just having fun with it😎
Absolutely, we started this channel for our own memories.
I wouldn’t enjoy reliving our memories if we were just playing a game
Lovely video as usual and so topical too. All the best
Thanks Gary 👌🏼
Just back from our Bavarian trip, thanks for the heads up on Ypres it’s one I’ll never forget..unknown to us the Queens death had just been announced 30 mins before the last post, we realised only when members of the congregation starting singing god save the king. Ace time in Germany with excellent weather 👌👍
Oh man what a memory!!
I bet it was even more poignant.
Last post is emotional enough on a normal night.
Glad you enjoyed it, Ypres means a lot to us 🙏🏼
@@Professionalmoochers yes means a lot to me being ex forces, the site was immaculate with free Wi-Fi, EHU and all facilities and literally 10 mins walk to the Menin Gate. Paid 18 euros per night, ace place 👍
Perfect 👌🏼
Think you are feeling your Scottish heritage there , I’m sure “great grandma the man” had connections to Fort William . Loved it 👏
Well I didn’t know that!
Thank you. My wife and I will be in Braemar next month for the games. We are visiting England and Scotland for our 40th wedding anniversary. The video was great!!! Did you film the video with your phone? And, if not, what did you use?
You’ll have an amazing time, it’s a really immersive experience!
I filmed using a Sony A6600 camera but you’ll be more than fine capturing memories with your phone.
Have a great trip 🤩
Thank you so much!
Cracking film.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Tbh , I absolutely love Scotland but can only just cope with a small amount of fri..ing bagpipes. However Jules loves em so I lose..🤦🏻♂ great vid again. 🍻
😂😂😂 good job Jules wears the trousers then 💪🏼
@@Professionalmoochers 😂😂
Oh yes, bring on the bagpipes, love 'em! That looked a fun day out. Sarah you're definitely well in with the King but Alan maybe brush up on your Scottish accent 😂. Great you got to see the Kelpies, despite the rain. 😃👍
It was amazing Sue! The band’s marching right past you, feeling the drums in your chest… 🤩
Sarah’s definitely in with Charles, no doubt be invited for afternoon tea in time.
Did I sound more like Mel Gibson doing a Scottish accent?? 😂😂
@@Professionalmoochers erm no you weren’t even that good 🤣🤣😉
Maybe your WiFi wasn’t up to scratch and you didn’t quite hear it properly 😉
@@Professionalmoochers Aha, mmm, always a possibility!
very interesting video. would love to go to see the games, but they are always held at the start of College Football season here in the states
Maybe you should miss the football for one season 😉 it’s worth it!
Super video guys
Thanks Alan 🙏🏼
Brill !!!
Cheers Dave 👍🏼
@@Professionalmoochers love your humour and honesty keep it up 👍🏻
Honesty is all we’re good at 😁
Hi! What is the name of the tune playing in the background at 01:43? It plays for just a few seconds. Then I think it's played also at 14:48. Thanks!
Was it just the bagpipers we filmed? Or background music?
@@Professionalmoochers Hi! It was the tune being played in the background at 01:43. I think the tune being played at 14:48 with the shot of the bagpipers playing was the same as the background tune at 01:43 (but later in the melody), but am not positive. Either way, it's definitely the one at 01:43 that I'm curious about. Thank you!
I think it’s called ghosts of the rail.
We get the royalty free music from epedemic sound 👍🏼
What they wear is not a skirt, it's a kilt. It does everything a skirt does, hangs from the waist, places both legs together inside a single circle of fabric. But it isn't a skirt. Yeah, OK! Next person who shoots a wild hog in Alabama, tell the hog it wasn't a bullet, it was a cartridge.
We know it’s not a skirt 😄😄
Far too much scottishness going on in that video Al 😂😂