| I thought as we were there early it would
be good to try and get pictures of the vendors before the main crowds
started to arrive and so I set out to see what I could find...
The Hall of Names is one company where you can
get a framed scroll with lots of information on both the front and the
back of the scroll as you can see above. They can also supply tartan cloth
samples. While at the stand you can get these products printed out while
you are there.
and with it being so sunny and hot and the
games you can pick up one of the famous Tilly hats at this stand along
with lots of other products.. They told me they were expanding their range
of Scottish merchandise.
And then I found the Scottish Banner which I'm
told is the largest selling Scottish newspaper in Canada. They didn't have
any copies of the newspaper for you to see as they apparently go to press
with the next edition on the Monday following the games. Mind you I
couldn't help thinking that they should still have had some of the
previous issues for you to see. From my point of view I've never
seen the paper so it would have been good to have at least seen a copy to
make a judgment on whether to order it or not.
Just two of the many places where you can get
food and drink
Lots of places to purchase tartan products
Showing the range of merchandise that is on
sale
There were many security people policing
access to various areas of the games. While for the most part they were
all very helpful I was very surprised at the huge number that were
employed for this event.
Yet another place to eat but zoom in to see
the tattoos on the back legs of the man in the picture on the left :-)
And yet more products to tempt you to get some
money out of your wallet :-)
And while this isn't the next photograph
you'll likely spot I've been apprehended by the RCMP :-)
First picture is RCMP S/Sgt.
Gilles Deziel, then RCMP Cst. Richard Pink (centre) and the Inspector in
charge of the OPP Detachment of the area (far right). Second picture, the
first person on your left is C/Supt. Mike McDonell and a Sgt. from the
Musical Ride on the right.
Gilles Déziel, Staff Sergeant, who is the
Special Project Manager at the International Training Services in Ottawa
for the RCMP very kindly sent me in the above pictures as he noted I
didn't manage to get any pictures of them in their red serge and so my
many thanks to him for getting in touch :-)
They actually told me to come back in around
an hour when they would be the red serge uniforms but I didn't make it in
time. They were their with their families so looked to me a mix of duty
and family fun. The next picture is an American company selling their
utility kilts. So if you were a joiner the kilt has lots of pockets to
hold your tools :-)
And zoom in to check them out :-)
And a family shot of this vendor with an
interesting range of products
And a good place to pick up your pipes
And lots of British Food to purchase :-)
Neat family picture :-)
Some neat wee mini kilts :-)
And so there you can see an interesting range
of vendors but there were others which you'll see in another section.
We now
move onto the clan tents |
