Celebrating Pipers

Celebrating Pipers

Rather randomly, when we arrived in Basel on saturday, there was a bit of a piping competetion going on. It's no exaggeration to say that you couldn't throw a brick without hitting a piper or drummer - they were marching up and down pretty much every street, bridge and thoroughfare in town. We walked down a street where they were actually judging this contest, and as we turned the corner at the bottom, a troupe (if that's the right word) came past having just given what was presumably the performance of their lives. Above is a shot of the pipers celebrating just around that corner, looking exceedingly pleased with their display of piping excellence. I just love the expression on the centre guy's face. There's a captured moment if ever there was one...!