'Great chieftain o' the puddin-race'

The celebrations carry on with 'Burn's night' a tribute to the Scottish poet and writer Robert (Rabbie) Burns who was born on 25th January 1759. The original Burns supper was held in his memory by a group of his close friends and acquaintances in 1801 a few years after his death and are now held world wide.
So tonight we had our own Burns supper with Haggis, Neeps and tatties. We did recite a few words from 'Address to a haggis' as Richard stabbed it with the kitchen knife.
The plate you can see came from Tain Pottery, the tartan tablecloth is 'Black Watch' tartan and the whisky is Dalmore all very local to us.

Did you know : Bob Dylan said that Burns song 'red, red rose' was part of his inspiration.

There are more statues of Burns around the world than any other writer. The oldest one being in Australia.

He sold his first book of poems in 1788 hoping to get enough money to go to Jamaica to find work. He changed his mind and moved to Edinburgh instead a addition was published.

Amazingly he was just 37 when he died of heart disease something he had suffered with since childhood. Not only did he write a lot but he also managed to father at least 12 children by 4 different women. His youngest being born on the day of his funeral.

I hope you are all enjoying your Burns night and if you are not celebrating I hope you have a good evening whatever you are doing :)