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16 October 2014

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The Boxing Day Hunt meets in Ness

As usual there was a tremendous turnout for the Boxing Day Port of Ness Hunt.
Hunt members mingled with the sales queues waiting patiently outside emporioalanjohn's. The queues were boosted by shoppers from Shader eager to see how the other half lives since their post office has shut down. Most sales shoppers seemed to have their eyes on nails or hair slides though one shopper hoped to get alanjohn's last tin of Mushrooms. It was reduced owing to some superficial rusting of the lid.
The Ness Hunt is different in that there are no foxes on Lewis ( except for the assortments of biscuits in Cross Stores) and there are few horses to speak of. The last working horse in Ness was roasted at the Ness FC Christmas Dinner of 1972 along with most of the women of Skigersta - it should be added.
The hunt is conducted on bicycle, quad bike or invalid scooter. The hunters must wear red dungarees and supporters follow in the trailer of alec john's tractor. Donald, as village idiot in waiting plays the part of the 'fox'. He is smothered in cod roe and carries a haversack full of mackerel heads. Which brings us to the 'hounds'. In the absence of dogs with any work ethic about them, tom cats fulfil the role. Donald is given a fifteen minute start and runs through each of the villages of Ness. The spectacle of the bikes, the ringing of their bells and the howling of the tom cats is as much a part of island life as rickets and TB. If he makes it, Donald finally throws himself into the Galson River, divesting himself of all the smells leaving dozens of confused cyclists and tom cats wondering whta they are doing in North Galson. Then it's back to alanjohn's where Chrisie Mary hands out champagne flutes filled with Buckie and Cremola Foam . After a communal sing song and prayers it's of to the bochan to get leathered.. Ah tradition ye canna whack it!
Posted on calumannabel at 10:41

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Oh...Buckie and Cremola Foam, how that takes me back...it's almost on a par with Mateus Rose and Benylin!

Flying Cat from nostalgic nook


Well I do so hope Tws got his Kristmas Invalid Scooter from Santa so he wouldn't miss out on this terriffic (in all senses of the word) jamboree.

Flying Cat from sad to be excluded for obvious reasons...


Poor Donald. Hope you were able to warm him up properly after his yearly wash. Tom cats in hot pursuit is clearly forbidden under the Geneva Convention, and I suspect you will be summoned soon to appear before the International Court. I fear alanjohn must be getting weak kneed to reduce prices on his last can of vintage mushrooms (26 years, it must be going on), all because of some rust dusting on the can. Is he getting ready to sell/cash in and move on to Berneray to revive the local shop?

mjc from NM,USA


darn ar missed it!

island threads from sofa by the fire with a good book


another brilliant one! i'll take my laptop to the tennis club tomorrow[if they laet me in],spent the morning out in a boat in the huaraki gulf,swimming with dolphins--not the ones that are in big pens really wild ones--things are getting better and better,spotted 3 WHALES WOW,but not as funny as your boxing day huntxx

carol from just back from whale spotting


Now then Calumannabel, isn't it the case that they were using parts of that whale, ashore at South Dell for your Boxing Day Hunt this year? Last time I was at South Dell, there was a whale ashore. There are always whales ashore in South Dell. Isn't that the place where emporioalanjohn empties cans with rusted lids? Small wonder the poor cetaceans are confused, let alone your tomcats...

Arnish Lighthouse from Stornoway


Brilliant brilliant brilliant. Them city slickers jus' don' know what they're missin'.

Stromness Dragon from Creased up


The Terminator must be occupying some hidden nook at the Beebe, and dispatching my mutterings down abandoned mineshafts. If this one makes it, praise be, for it shows accidents do happen.

mjc from NM,USA


Island Blogging has become the new gambling craze - will my post get through or not. Donald is working on a spread betting scheme as we speak.

calum from ness




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