The Lonach Pipe Band led by Pipe Major Alastair Laing, performing a series of tunes during their displays around the village of Braemar in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in summer 2019. The tunes include "My Land", "I See Mull", "Path With The Heart" (slow air), Barron Rocks of Aden" and "79th's Farewell to Gibraltar". The band, who wear Gordon tartan, are based in nearby Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. | Scotland Online

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