The cast of The Pipers' Trail play 'Jamie's Story' are pictured with District Gunner Sergeant Jamie Shannon 'Shannon the Cannon' at Mills Mount Battery, Edinburgh Castle, prior to the firing of the 'One o'clock Gun'.

The Pipers' Trail make their final march up the Royal Mile to West Parliment Square on Sat 26th July.

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The Golden Lions drop into Ayr

The Armys parachute display team, "The Golden Lions" dropping into The Pipers' Trail festivities in Ayrs' Low Green on 18th July.

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In a unique performance at Parliament Square Major General David McDowall, General Officer Commanding the Army's 2nd Division (front) led the massed pipes and drums in a stirring playing of 'Flower of Scotland' at which hundreds in the crowd took part by singing along.

Impromptu performance! Members of the Pipers Trail along with local children pipe up for the audience watching in Queens Street in Glasgow.

Left to right: Allulah Beth Collins (8) from Blanefield,  Andrew Scott (11),Heather Kerr (13) on drums, Callum Davidson (10) sitting and Cameron Scott (11) twins from Oban.

Worlds biggest saltire created for The Pipers' Trail

Royal Engineers from Paisley-based 102 Field Squadron, 71 Engineer Regiment, created the World's biggest Saltire when the Army in Scotland's 'The Pipers' Trail' visited Stirlng.

The Sappers created the Saltire using a pair of one billion candle power searchlights to beam the Saltire across the night sky above Stirling Castle.

The Pipers' Trail is one of the largest piping and drumming events happening in Scotland this summer, and their arrival in Stirling coincided with the major Veterans Day celebrations held in the city.  During its 6 week run, the Trail will visit nearly 50 locations from Shetland to Edinburgh, where it will culminate the week before the famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The Pipers' Trail perform at the roundel on Port Street, Stirling on 11th July.

The Pipers' Trail march to Kings Park, Stirling on Sat 12th July.

Pictured are the Pipers' Trail Pipes and Drums, and the Pipes and Drums of 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland marching from Stirling Castle during their visit to Stirling on the 12th July.

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Dancers and Pipes and Drums from the Pipers' Trail delivered a colourful performance at Cloan House in Perthshire - the ancestral residence of Lord Haldane the creator of the Territorial Army in 1908.

The dancers in the foreground are (from left to right) Hannah McQuillian (13) Laura Fairley (18) and 12-year-old Heather Cameron all from the Dawn Fraser School of Dance in Stirling.
 

Saltire of light over the Tay in Dundee

Two searchlights, one at Tayport and the other at Broughty Castle, project 10km light beams forming a saltire of light over the Tay. The saltire marked the finale of The Pipers' Trail visit to Dundee.

Photo taken by Ian Duncan, you can visit his Flickr photostream here.

All aboard!

The Pipers' Trail visit to the historic RSS Discovery, at Discovery Point, Dundee.

The Pipers' Trail marching off the ferry at Scrabster.

Pipe Major Scott Taylor teaches the younger generation at a Pipers’ Trail workshop.

These ladies certainly know how to make some noise!  Taken during the Inverness leg of the trail.

The Pipers' Trail at John O' Groats - mainland Scotland's most northerly point.