Speedy Newtonmore piper@the gates of dawn of 2014

 Lights in Newtonmore

 The speedy piper sprints away alone from the Glen Hotel

down Newtonmore's Main Street......

.... leaving the procession to struggle along as 

best they can in the wake of the speeding piper

 Decorated snow plough

 A good crowd on Newtonmore's Main Street

 Crowd on the golf course headed for the tent and 

their dram of Stag's Breath and shortcake

 Now stationary pipers await 2014

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Faces in the crowd on the Newtonmore Golf Course

(below):

 Davy Holt entertained the crowd in the lead up to 2014

 More than ten minutes of fireworks from the stroke of midnight

2014 Happy New Year – Mes meilleurs voeux pour 2014

Photos: seeing in 2013@Newtonmore 

Hopefully a good Loire vintage in 2014! 

Dawning of 2013@Newtonmore

Piper@the gates of 2013 

There was a big crowd out last night in Newtonmore to see in the New Year. At 11.30pm two processions start at the northern and southern end of the village, meet in the middle and then head out to the golf course to mark the New Year that signals the start of a firework display.

Southern procession headed by a single piper (above and below)

Procession from the north 

Meeting in the middle: now three pipers 

One of the pipers from the north 

The third piper

 Faces in the crowd (above and below)

Capturing the scene with an iPhone

The crowd on the stroke of midnight 

 Firework display (above and below)