bagpie
@bagpie.net
I play lowland / border bagpipes, gaitas & whistles. I love auld tunes, European travel and carnival.
What a glorious night here at The Girvan Folk Festival and there’s been some glorious tunes too. #trad #sessions #ScottishMusic
May 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What a glorious night here at The Girvan Folk Festival and there’s been some glorious tunes too. #trad #sessions #ScottishMusic
It’s a lot cooler tonight, but still bright and dry, so I’m off on another long walk to the West End for a session reconnaissance mission. Last night was successful, I would return to two out of the three sessions, let’s see how tonight fairs. #glasgow #trad #sessions #ScottishMusic
May 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s a lot cooler tonight, but still bright and dry, so I’m off on another long walk to the West End for a session reconnaissance mission. Last night was successful, I would return to two out of the three sessions, let’s see how tonight fairs. #glasgow #trad #sessions #ScottishMusic
The whisky collection is fair coming on eh? 🤪
April 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The whisky collection is fair coming on eh? 🤪
What’s the reasoning behind a design decision like this train waiting room? A large opening about 1.5m wide, gaps all around the bass, three cold metal seats and 4 leaning things. No protection from the wind, cold hard surfaces, it’s a depressing piece of architecture. Can we not do better?
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What’s the reasoning behind a design decision like this train waiting room? A large opening about 1.5m wide, gaps all around the bass, three cold metal seats and 4 leaning things. No protection from the wind, cold hard surfaces, it’s a depressing piece of architecture. Can we not do better?
Another fine, calm crossing to Belfast. Brisk and fresh on deck but some spring warmth in the sun.
March 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Another fine, calm crossing to Belfast. Brisk and fresh on deck but some spring warmth in the sun.
The 05:38 Red Eye Express* to Glasgow means mini adventure time. It’s St Patrick’s Day on Monday and I’m off to Kilkenny in Ireland for a weekend of gigs with @theabsurdistpipeband
*There’s nothing express about it, average speed… 30mph!
*There’s nothing express about it, average speed… 30mph!
March 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The 05:38 Red Eye Express* to Glasgow means mini adventure time. It’s St Patrick’s Day on Monday and I’m off to Kilkenny in Ireland for a weekend of gigs with @theabsurdistpipeband
*There’s nothing express about it, average speed… 30mph!
*There’s nothing express about it, average speed… 30mph!
The vine terrace is starting to look good again. It took a fair bit of scraping, washing and brushing but delighted with the outcome.
February 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The vine terrace is starting to look good again. It took a fair bit of scraping, washing and brushing but delighted with the outcome.
February 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Getting ready to busk outside The Colosseum in Rome, on this day twenty years ago, with our group Gigantones. We didn’t last long, the noise police soon descended upon us with their decibel meters and moved us on.
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Getting ready to busk outside The Colosseum in Rome, on this day twenty years ago, with our group Gigantones. We didn’t last long, the noise police soon descended upon us with their decibel meters and moved us on.
Some folk think I go to Portugal for the music, the culture, the landscape, the climate… no, i go for the Pizza Dawnuts!!
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Some folk think I go to Portugal for the music, the culture, the landscape, the climate… no, i go for the Pizza Dawnuts!!
Capitalism eh? 4 years ago it was £40 a year. Then WB gets involved, forces us to use a shittier app & charge £7 a month. Now they close Eurosport and add cycling to the TNT Sports brand which, despite being £31 a month, still has ads. Awa an bile yer heids!!
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...
Eurosport is closing down in the UK - cycling is about to get a lot more expensive to watch
Live cycling to be shown on TNT Sports from next month
www.cyclingweekly.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Capitalism eh? 4 years ago it was £40 a year. Then WB gets involved, forces us to use a shittier app & charge £7 a month. Now they close Eurosport and add cycling to the TNT Sports brand which, despite being £31 a month, still has ads. Awa an bile yer heids!!
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...
We had another great session in The Oban Inn last night, to celebrate the birth, in 1759, of our national bard Robert Burns. Photographs are over on my website.
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Burns Night Session - 26th Jan 2025
The Oban Inn has an informal Burns event every year with free haggis, neeps and tatties for all followed by a session. Here are some pics from the 2025 event.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We had another great session in The Oban Inn last night, to celebrate the birth, in 1759, of our national bard Robert Burns. Photographs are over on my website.
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It was 10°C this morning, that’s 17.5°C degrees warmer than the same time four days ago!
January 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It was 10°C this morning, that’s 17.5°C degrees warmer than the same time four days ago!
Another auld tune added to the site. Cut And Dry Dolly is a tune from south of the border and my setting is based on Robert Riddell's setting in 'A Collection of Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes', published in 1794.
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Cut And Dry Dolly
This is a tune from south of the border that I learned recently and is based on the setting in Robert Riddell's 'A Collection of Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes', published in 1794.
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January 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another auld tune added to the site. Cut And Dry Dolly is a tune from south of the border and my setting is based on Robert Riddell's setting in 'A Collection of Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes', published in 1794.
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And here is the reel version of the Glen Lonan tune I wrote in 1997.
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#TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Tunes #Scotland
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The Glen Lonan Reel
Glen Lonan was always one of my favourite glens in North Argyll so in 1997 I gave its name to two matching tunes, a Strathspey and a reel.
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January 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And here is the reel version of the Glen Lonan tune I wrote in 1997.
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#TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Tunes #Scotland
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A Strathspey I wrote in 1997 and named after Glen Lonan, long before I found myself living at the entrance to it.
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#Strathspey #TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Scotland
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#Strathspey #TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Scotland
The Glen Lonan Strathspey
Glen Lonan was always one of my favourite glens in North Argyll so in 1997 I gave its name to two matching tunes, a Strathspey and a reel.
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January 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A Strathspey I wrote in 1997 and named after Glen Lonan, long before I found myself living at the entrance to it.
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#Strathspey #TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Scotland
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#Strathspey #TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Scotland
Well at least it was a bit milder last night, only dropping to -6.6°C. 🥶❄️😱 #winter #scotlland #GetYerThermalsOn
January 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Well at least it was a bit milder last night, only dropping to -6.6°C. 🥶❄️😱 #winter #scotlland #GetYerThermalsOn
It's been taking me too long to record audio and video for my own compositions so I'll be adding tunes to my website with just the dots included in the meantime.
Here's the first tune I wrote for my (now) wife back in 1997.
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Here's the first tune I wrote for my (now) wife back in 1997.
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Fiona Blakey's Reel
My Tunes - Reels
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January 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's been taking me too long to record audio and video for my own compositions so I'll be adding tunes to my website with just the dots included in the meantime.
Here's the first tune I wrote for my (now) wife back in 1997.
bagpie.net/fiona-blakey...
Here's the first tune I wrote for my (now) wife back in 1997.
bagpie.net/fiona-blakey...
Just stumbled across this. 'The Funky Beggerman' by Jimmy Pryde, I would never have guessed this bagpipe synth fusion would have come from as far back as 1977.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNp0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNp0...
Pryde - The Funky Beggarman
YouTube video by Love42se
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January 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just stumbled across this. 'The Funky Beggerman' by Jimmy Pryde, I would never have guessed this bagpipe synth fusion would have come from as far back as 1977.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNp0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNp0...
I'm going to post some of my tune sets on my website. The dots for this set of 3/2s were requested at the session last Wednesday so it's as good as any to start with.
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#tunes #ScottishMusic #bagpipes #BorderPipes #LowlandBagpipes #TradMusic
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#tunes #ScottishMusic #bagpipes #BorderPipes #LowlandBagpipes #TradMusic
Wee Totum Fogg Set
Tune Sets - 3/2 Tunes
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January 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm going to post some of my tune sets on my website. The dots for this set of 3/2s were requested at the session last Wednesday so it's as good as any to start with.
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#tunes #ScottishMusic #bagpipes #BorderPipes #LowlandBagpipes #TradMusic
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#tunes #ScottishMusic #bagpipes #BorderPipes #LowlandBagpipes #TradMusic
It feels like the clouds and rain have been with us for months so it’s a delight to see this on the first clear night for ages. #aurora #NorthernLights #Scotland #Argyll
January 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It feels like the clouds and rain have been with us for months so it’s a delight to see this on the first clear night for ages. #aurora #NorthernLights #Scotland #Argyll
On a train from Germany to the Netherlands and everyone’s phones emitted a siren sound, my watch also. Turns out that twice a year the Dutch authorities test the crisis alarm system and send out these alerts to everyone connected to the mobile network. Today happened to be one of those two days.
December 2, 2024 at 11:08 AM
On a train from Germany to the Netherlands and everyone’s phones emitted a siren sound, my watch also. Turns out that twice a year the Dutch authorities test the crisis alarm system and send out these alerts to everyone connected to the mobile network. Today happened to be one of those two days.
We’ve just crossed the border into Germany on a shiny, but busy, ICE 3 Neo from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Of course that means it’s the perfect time for #BeerOnTrains. #Trains #netherlands #germany #beer #erdinger
November 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM
We’ve just crossed the border into Germany on a shiny, but busy, ICE 3 Neo from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Of course that means it’s the perfect time for #BeerOnTrains. #Trains #netherlands #germany #beer #erdinger