The countdown is now on. We are officially going to the 2010 Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Infact it is another "special" Tattoo as celebating it's 60th year, it is the Royal Tattoo, or Jubilee year.
The Pipes and Drums of the South African Irish Regiment will no doubt be in for a great adventure, departing from South Africa on July 31 2010. Destination Edinburgh. The tickets are booked, the uniform is being issued (in some cases, re-issued), the passports are being printed and the practices have started.
The journey, to probably the most famous Military Tattoo, has already begun, with all the members learining the music of the massed pipes and drums who will enter the esplinade of the famous Edinburgh Castle through the narrow, yet very traditional drawbridge. It is quite a tight fit, marching roughly 12 Pipebands over all in unison. More on this event will follow.
I will update this Blog on a daily basis, giving an account of the month that will befilled with challanges as well as a experience of a lifetime.
Faugh a Ballagh - The Irish are on the move... again.
Dey are dats true so it is!
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