Bombscare in Lochinver!

Okay, excuse the tabloid style, attention grabbing, and slightly deceitful headline, but there was genuinely a Bombscare in Lochinver on Friday night. This wasn't, however, an upsurge in activity by the haddie liberation front, but the supporting act on an outstanding night of music in Lochinver Community Hall.

'Bombscare' themselves would have been good enough, but a real coup had been achieved with the headline act. None other than the 'Skatellites'. Inventors of Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae as we know it.

Forget the fact that the surviving original members are all in or around their designated 3 score and ten years. And don't let the scale of the venue lure you into thinking this was a mellow night, the place was jumpin, skankin, and rockin. 2 top notch acts worthy of any venue in the country, whipped a couple of hundred lucky and grateful punters into a frenzy which will enter the annals of Lochinver folklore for generations to come.

Not only did they come to Lochinver, but they chose to launch their latest album there as well.

Many thanks from me (and my stiff thighs), to Euan Macdonald for arranging tickets for us, and his friend Neil for somehow organising the gig. He has a long way to go to top this one, but I'm looking forward to it anyway.