Colchester competition - Pipeband

Final competition of our season ...  and a second visit for me to Colchester.
Sue and I set off with Bertie..  so as we did not have to leave him at home alone for a long time.
2 hours up the road we made it to the park...

A short period of warm up was interrupted by a slight people problem with one of our colleagues walking off ... never understood the root cause, but probably nothing to do with the band. So one down we went out ...  first up the G4 MSR ...  not our best performance maybe a mixture of nerves and also the issue with the missing piper.

Next up, after a break and re-tune was the G4 Marches...  a much better performance but with one down we were not expecting more than some sheets.

The final turn was the G3 Medley ...  a second go at the MSR ...  a better rendition, but we still put in enough mistakes.

Bertie did not like the multiple bands playing .. too much noise, and he wanted to get out of the arena, so whilst we were resting Sue took the time to visit the castle and park.

The mass bands was the final turn, where we slotted in .. the noise was as we expected and the speeches overly long ...  however the biggest surprise was getting a 5th in the Marches ...