An English Highland Gathering

[cessna152towser]

Sorry I won't make it to this one.
l am planning to attend the other large English highland gathering at Harpenden next Sunday (11th). Chas is organising an Xmarksthescot tent there.
Yes I know Ashbourne would be less distance to travel from Scotland but Harpenden has the advantage that the venue is close to Luton airport so I can get there and back home in the same day.
I have heard good reports about the Ashbourne event, must make a weekend of it in some future year.

[OC Richard]

Over here in the USA, one never hears about Highland Games/Gatherings in England.

How common are they? Does every major region have its own Games like here in the USA, or are they more of a rarity?

I see from the Harpenden thread that they are the largest Games in the London area. Yes one would think that there would be a large number of Scots/people of Scots ancestry in the London region, enough to make a large Games feasible.

Would English Highland Games strike someone used to Highland Games in Scotland as being different in any way?