Day 7 - Cowal

Karen and I were a little early on the second day of Cowal. Therefore we climbed the hill next to the ferry dock. These pictures are from there. The little castle was on top of the hill and is a museum. I think it was originally a lookout.



This is the ferry we took to Dunoon (where Cowal is).



The previous three pictures are the view from the grandstand. The grandstand itself is small so most people can't sit there. The slope on the other side of the field was covered with people.
Here are all the championship winners lined up with their trophies.
The parade of champions. The dance competition winners and runners up march around the field and all the pipe bands follow them. This then leads into mass bands. I have seen big Highland Games with lots of bands but I had never seen anything like this! There were probably 100 pipebands there. They just kept coming and kept coming. Karen and I left before it was over because it was taking so long. It was amazing to see so many pipers all at once though.