Robert Burns Poetry and Story Night, Isle of Skye

Lady Eva Bellambi, Mistress of Skye, held a Robert Burns birthday celebration on the grounds of her new (old) estate in Winterfell Anodyne last night. The evening was deliberately down-scaled from last years' somewhat more elaborate event, being constructed around storytelling and poetry.







The Lady Bellambi graced us with several poems by Burns and others, as well as a longer semi-historical piece about Queen Boudica. Colonel Somme arrived a tad late and gave us two poems, also by Burns. YHN told two longer format stories, THE KING OF LOCAHLIN AND HIS THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS and THE FOOL OF THE WORLD AND HIS AIRSHIP, the pacing of the latter somewhat blown by unfortunate heckling from an audience member drawing superficial resemblances to a certain Bavarian Baron and teller of tale tales. Miss Lowey graced us with ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS and if there were any more told that night, I'm forgetting them or arrived late.

Later, the Lady of Skye took the assembled guests to show us the foundations of her ancestral grounds and the new renovations she is having done there.

A very stylish and lovely evening, and a perfect inaugural event for the Island of Skye.