Assynt Photo Gallery

30 July 2007: The Faslane Highland Games saw five arrests today when some of the participants in the final Tug Of Peace refused to move from the gateway.

30 July 2007: At the end of the Faslane Highland Games 2007 five people stayed in the road leading into the North Gate and were consequently arrested. Here is one of them with his arresting officers.

30 July 2007: At today's Faslane Highland Games, which were hosted by Assynt Peace Group, the final game was a Tug Of Peace. After a few minutes of pulling the rope in front of the North Gate the police cut the rope and some of the participants sat down for a rest. There were altogether 5 arrests.

30 July 2007: The teams were surprisingly even in terms of pulling. This the team on the north end of the gate. Pull for peace!

30 July 2007: The team on the south end of the gate can here be seen with their supporters encouraging them to pull harder.

30 July 2007: Is this the assistance arriving...?

30 July 2007: This game is usually referred to as Tug of War but given the nature of these particular games this was a Tug Of Peace. Here the two teams swiftly move across the gateway with the rope in

30 July 2007: Various attempts were made to toss this untraditionally floppy caber - here it is flying quite nicely.

30 July 2007: One of the last games at this year's Highland Games was the traditional caber tossing. However, the caber was pretty untraditional as it was very floppy...

30 July 2007: Another game was Hopscotch - here one of the internationals is showing us how it is done!

30 July 2007: Egg and spoon race was also on the agenda today. Here we see two contestants legging it towards the finish.

30 July 2007: Whoever tossed the wellie in the most elegant style won - turned out Margaret was the most elegant wellie thrower at Faslane this year. Here she in the middle of her winning throw.

30 July 2007: The next thing in the Highland Games was to throw a wellie over Faslane so it would hit the water. It was decided this might be a bit too difficult so it was then decided it would be thr

30 July 2007: After the puppet theatre it was time for throwing some haggis around. Here one of the Highlanders is about to putt the haggis.

30 July 2007: Mr Evil Arms Dealer had also sold some bombs to Mr Crocodile, who didn't really need them but bought some when he heard that Mr Punch had them and that, alledgedly, Mr Punch might attack Mr Crocodile.

30 July 2007: And the story was that Mr Punch had been sent to the shop by his wife Judy to buy some sausages for the family to eat. However, on the way he meets Mr Evil Arms Dealer who persuades him to buy bombs instead.

30 July 2007: As part of the entertainment for the Games there was a puppet show by some of the women in Assynt Peace group. Here they are about to get into position.

30 July 2007: The Chieftain of the games is here officially opening the games. But before the games start there will be a performance by Peace o' Cake Puppet Show.

30 July 2007: The Highland Games started with putting the haggis. Here one of the participants is examining the relevant haggis.

30 July 2007: A special version of the Highland Games were hosted by Assynt Peace Group at Faslane North Gate today. The weather was sunny and here people are preparing for the games to start.