Its time for the best Highland games in the World

but first

Yes a cool 20 % off any of our pendants online(2 weeks only)

its only 120 days to Xmas.!!

Back to Cowal

you can now hear the whole show online thanx to a tie in with local `Dunoon newspaper.

Scotland’s biggest highland games, Cowal Highland Gathering, will be broadcasted live this year via the internet thanks to a local community radio station.see my blog here

http://www.celt.co.nz/blog/

Next year I will be there.Our tours will be full on

Ask for a brochure

and just in case you need some Highland dress stuff we have new stock and we are able to offer really good prices now

see out front page

http://celt.co.nz/index.php

I expect most of you will know the results but have a look at the website if you get a chance

http://www.theworlds.co.uk/

St. Laurence O’ Toole Pipe Band from Dublin has been crowned World Pipe Band Champions at Glasgow Green  in front of 55,000 people. The runners up were Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band from Northern Ireland with third place going to Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band. The event, which has been held in Glasgow for more than 60 years, drew people from all over the world to see 8,000 of the very best pipers and drummers compete. 

Great stuff.

Auckland and district did well. more  later in next news letter

cheers

bob

Yes here again

Roddy MacLeod reveals ones to watch at World Pipe Band Championships.

Glasgow.Aug. 14th

stv.tv caught up with Piping Live! Director and founder Roddy MacLeod, to find out what fans can look forward to at this year’s festival and who he thinks could win this year’s World Pipe Band Championships 2010.

see the full story here

http://scotland.stv.tv/music-dance/music/190854-roddy-macleod-reveals-ones-to-watch-at-world-pipe-band-championships/

of course quite a few New Zealand Pipe bands are over there and we wish them well

BUT

You could be there next year, the whole `Pipng Live ` week is drenched in music, song ,dance ,culture.its not just bagpiping

yes after our successful `Homecoming Tour ` last year 2009

we have put together a number of dream holdays for you

different dates

Scotland Highlands and Islands

On the trail of Mary Queen of Scots, next years theme

 The Borders and the Isle of Mann

The Australian Celtic festival at Glen Innes

lots more

Tours with a difference

Why. Coz its only 13 people/14 people and me,

your personal guide all the way

We have choices; lots of choices.

We tailor the trip to suit you !

Please ask for our brochures

and

If you have been looking for for that elusive, exclusive present

try here

http://celt.co.nz/wild-goose-ireland-c-178.html

The Wild Goose Studio A part of history... a part of us... The root of our creations Since its foundation in 1969, Wild Goose Studio has sought its inspiration in Ireland`s history, poetry and mythology.

And we believe we are the only shop that stocks this fabulous goods

in New Zealand

Slainte

Stay warm till next time

bob

The winter is creeping past.its meant to a cold weekend here, so if you are at a loose end have a look here.

http://www.celt.co.nz/blog/

Yes my  blog has information on and links to

Scotland peoples centre,  Anyone wishing to explore the fascinating world of Scottish family history can access digitised sources - birth, marriage and death records, wills, census records and coats of arms - going back almost 500 years.

and a story on the Children of Lir, fascinating

Our front page has all thats new on items connected with the Children of Lir. Be in early to order any pieces that catch your attention.thanx.

And twice amonth i get internet radio from the lovely Moray coast of Scotland.helps keep me in touch.

If you like that click here on to the show of the maestro of the airwaves himself ,Andy Ross. I save the show to computer and then load on ipod.  great stuff

2 hours once a fortnight.just grand

http://www.andysceilidh.co.uk/

all the best

bob

It never ceases to amaze me what is happening on our own doorstep. Thanx heaps to the people who let me know there is a major Family History Fair happening right here in Hamilton NZ next saturday and sunday, the 17th and 18th of July.

Where at the Kingsgate Hotel

100 Garnett Avenue in Te Rapa

great website here.have a look and lots of info

http://nzfhf2010.dnserver.net.nz/

For the bagpipers here is a special you cant miss

Only 2 fagerstroms available at this price.Sorry offer is only available to NZ residents.

Yes only $495. Down from $550.read my review on these fab instruments.all here

http://celt.co.nz/fagerstrom-technopipes-p-1454.html

And for our tartan day have a  look at our blog photo.what a great day.

http://www.celt.co.nz/blog/

please scroll down to view

all the best

bob

Welcome to Highlander Newsletter 5

The All Whites have done well.

Wales to go tomorrow night against the All Blacks.

Glad I have tickets

Indulge a little in your Welsh Ancestory ,Check out our growing range of Welsh items online. just type Welsh in the searchbar.

www.celt.co.nz

Nevern Cross

Pewter openwork brooch with embossed design and amethyst cabochon centre, although we can supply 6 other stone centres.Inspired by a standing cross in Nevern Parish Church.in a small village , of just a few houses in Pembrokeshire in West Wales. The Norman church of St Brynach is on the site of St Brynach's 6th century "clas", an important ecclesiastical centre.See here fro more info.

http://celt.co.nz/nevern-broochamber-p-694.html

AND

Fagerstrom electronic technopipes are back in stock

Be quick. The price cant hold for ever

http://celt.co.nz/fagerstrom-technopipes-p-1454.html

Tartan day events are looming. great to see all that is happening

Slainte

bob

Where on earth is this year going.?

Dont forget some of us have made a pact to see the Auld new year Oot and the New Year IN

AT WAIPU. I will keep reminding you.

but see here

http://www.breambay.co.nz/blog/

and also

www.waipumuseum.com/html/TartanWeekProgramme.htm

both these websites are fascinating.

AND of course i bring you some goodies new in from St Justin

see front page my website right here

http://celt.co.nz/

with exciting new items copied from the Staffordshire Hoard.

The Staffordshire Hoard (wikipedia article) is an unparalleled treasure find dating from Anglo-Saxon times. Both the quality and quantity of this unique treasure are remarkable. The story of how it came to be left in the Staffordshire soil is likely to be more remarkable still.

The Hoard was first discovered in July 2009. The find is likely to spark decades of debate among archaeologists, historians and enthusiasts.

Leslie Webster, Former Keeper, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, has already said:

This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England… as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries. Absolutely the equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells.

So there you go. i believe more stuff will be forthcoming as it is available to be copied and we will keep you posted.

 

Slainte

 

bob

New new goodies have arrived again

and this time some Welsh Jewellery

see online here

http://celt.co.nz/index.php

May maddies. 10% off any Welsh jewellery  ordered online this weekend

Did you know - Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis.

LONDON (Reuters) - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey recently.

Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.

Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.

The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food.

Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.I am dumfounded at that.

Have you  seen our new `bronze age `jewellery.see here

http://celt.co.nz/new-bronze-age-c-177.html

The NEW Traveller's charm (Lillbjärs picture stone) pendant
is spectacular. Another beauty from St Justin
Bronze spearhead with embossed detail on front. The runic inscription on the back translates to Venture forth, safe from harm. Black leather thong.

The design on the front of this pendant was taken from the Lillbjärs picture stone found in Stenkyrka, Gotland, Sweden. The stone is approximately 70cm high and dates back to the 8th century.

The Bronze age in Great Britain and Western Europe began over 4000 years ago in around 2000 BC. Both copper and tin were discovered,mined and fused together to form the alloy bronze,renowned for its strength and longevity.
A new bronze age is appearing from the depths of history, a revival of a bygone culture and a metal that changed lives and brought a sopistication in jewellery  that had not existed before.

Scottish Lochs Slideshow from Scottie
Over the years he built up a vast library of photographs taken around
Scotland and although a good number of them have been used to illustrate
the articles and other pages on the Rampant Scotland site, many have
remained unused. The Windows Media slide shows are allowing us to use a lot more of these and the latest addition is a slideshow of photos taken ofLoch Lomond, Loch Katrine and Loch Long. The background music has two songs
from Moira Kerr  - "Loch Lomond" and "The Water Is Wide."  To view the
slideshow, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfr8p6fwLQ

All the best till next time

bob