Scotland’s big Festival has kicked-off. The Edinburgh Festival is the World’s biggest Arts Festival and my first visit to it this year was combined with a Visitscotland visit, to find out about Clipper round the World racing. Basically, travelling to all points in the globe in a 50 ft racing yacht. We got a guided tour of the yacht, sat in serene Leith. All very nice but I seriously don’t fancy being out in the middle of the Atlantic in one! If you’ve got a spare £30k, you can take part! The whole gig is sponsored by Benromach, the whisky firm owned by Gordon and MacPhail, so interesting to see them do something so innovative. The whole of Glasgow has been alive to the music of the pipes, as the World Pipe Band Championships are on. An amazing event that would help even the most rabid anti-bagpipe fiend get an understanding of the beauty and power of a massed pipe band. Well, I reckon so, anyway. ‘Bagging’ Scotlands (distilleries, islands and castles) is up for funding at the moment, so interesting times! Other than that, we just need a bit of sun, and all will be rosy in Scotland!
August 15, 2009
Whisky, Wet Weather and Pipe Bands
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loving yr marketing work on Bagging Scotland. Grate potential for home fans and to export, i hope the funding body’s see the obvious opportunity too.
Got one point thought, and as you say ‘opinions are like aresholes’ i think you need to sort that generic logo. Its bold and iconic but only because its a Scotland flag incapacitated in a Norman style shield. Meeeyawww!
I just recon it could be much better job of capturing the fun, wild attitude of the Scotland we all know and love. Not to mention the sheer beauty, but that will take care of its self im sure.
Comment by Ewan Leckie — August 15, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
I agree, it’s VERY generic, but we’ve planned it that way! It’s got to cover all ages, genres and a number of diffferent areas and it actually will be appearing in isolation, as a ’shield’ at visitor attractions. It’s going to be a stickers. One you see it on the site, you’ll probably think diffferently. However, nothing’s written in stone yet so if you any interesting ideas, let me know!
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