Great Chieftain O' the Puddin' Race

We thought we'd open with a bit of culture tonight and give, as our title, a quote from the great bard himself. Yes, we're taking a quick break from our Peaks adventure reporting, to wish all our readers a happy Burns night and to share our own celebrations.

We carefully cooked our haggis and prepared for a photo shoot as we addressed it and read Robbie Burns poetry out aloud, but it managed to escape and bits splatted all over the clean washing up (literally - the lining split!) This does seem to lend support for some of the tales of haggises (haggai?) being alive, creatures with one leg shorter than the other.


Apologies therefore that our haggis looks more like dogs food than the fine haggis it was (in truth it was actually a bit greasy and it didn't come from Scotland, it came from Lindisfarne). We missed the presence of Hamish of the Suffolk branch to give us a tune on the pipes, but we played a C.D. of pipe music and the wee dram to accompany our meal went down very well.

While the cooks were preparing the meal the rest of us were checking out Burns night sites on the net and we found a great computer game that we just can't stop playing. It's called 'the Haggis Hurl' and it's great fun so checkout this link Hurl a Haggis to give it a go.

Lots of love, all at bears Unlimited xxx