Forgot the Ba'

Hello and Happy New Year Followers!

Forgot to tell you about the Ba'  - this will be no news to local followers but for the Kiwis you can read the details here http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame/  . Basically it is an all day rugby type scrum between the residents of the two sides of the town. Through the steam you can see Les in a red jacket and black hat - he was not playing just spectating thankfully. THese photos were taken by our pal Carolynda. For only the second time in 11 years, the Doonies won and the ba was dunked in the harbour. We had long since left the game to go for our meal but we got text updates every 15 minutes - the wonders of modern technology. A great start to the new year!