On the last night we were in Wells Beach, Maine, it was drizzling rain and very foggy. Charlie and I and two surfers were the only people on the beach. Perhaps coming from Oregon we were oblivious to the moisture. In Oregon if you avoided the beach on rainy or foggy days you would drastically limit your walks.
As we walked into the fog I thought I heard bagpipes. Before I concluded that I had definitely lost my mind thinking of my favorite old movie Brigadoon, I asked Charlie if he heard any bagpipes coming from the fog. Thankfully he heard them too. Either we had jointly lost our minds(always a possibility) or there really were bagpipes. But no matter how far we walked into the fog, we never came upon the piper.
The next day I asked someone at the local store if they had heard bagpipes the night before. A customer told us that a very small wedding had taken place the previous evening, complete with a bagpiper. Knowing that it was true didn’t spoil the magic. But we were relieved that we hadn’t jointly imagined the same sound!
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A tad spooky at the time, all the same!
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Yes it really was.
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Oh dear!
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I love Brigadoon – and to have this experience in the fog, my mind would have drawn the same conclusion.
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I was looking around for Gene Kelly!
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Ahhh, yes.
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Great story! We’ll find out who the bagpiper was in about a hundred years…
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Perfect.
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I love this story! I can just picture you both walking on the beach in the fog and hearing pipers. How magical at that moment, and also good to know you both weren’t loosing your minds.
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Especially that we were both still sane! Sort of.
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Haha!
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How delightful Elizabeth!
My daughter just got married overlooking the sea with a beach picnic as a reception. Sadly hubby & I couldn’t attend as we are still in lockdown.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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How sad to have to miss such a wonderful occasion.
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Yes, it was very painful as her Mum, Elizabeth.
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I can’t even imagine.
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What a great experience! The sound of bagpipes is either a ghastly intrusion for me, or the perfect addition to a special moment. Definitely the latter in this instance.
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Definitely as you say, the latter.
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It would almost have been better never to have found out about the wedding. Mysterious bagpipes are something to treasure.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree.
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