Burns Night
25th of January is Burns Night, when the birth of the poet Robert Burns is celebrated, usually by ex-patriot Scots. And this year it is the 250th anniversary of his birth, so quite a few wee drams o’ the good stuff will be drunk. In honour of the occasion, here are a few photographs of a Burns Night that BritInCalifonia and I attended at the (now sadly defunct) One Pin in Hedgerley. Can you spot the scary lady?
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961
“Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.”
– The Selkirk Grace
So charge your glasses, the toast is “The Haggis!”
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I thought the One Pin was no more???? Brit said something about it being converted to a house 😦
It is no more hence the line in the post “the (now sadly defunct) One Pin”.
It’ll be knocked down and several houses constructed on the site.
Other local pubs that have closed:- The King Of Prussia (aka Emperor of India), The Farnham Pump and The Yew Tree.