For anyone who's going to be at the game tomorrow, look out for the mother of all Highland March entrances at an away ground...
Highland March 7, the biggest, highest, longest and most challenging Highland March to date, will leave Rugby Park (in pouring rain allegedly) and head north for home. It's 175 miles with almost 26,000ft of ascent and descent making it the equivalent of a marathon plus Ben Nevis every day for a week. The route this year is an absolute belter:
After the game/through the night/Sunday morning - Kilmarnock to Aberfoyle (50 miles)
Monday - Aberfoyle to Killin via Brig O'Turk and Balquhidder(25 miles - mainly offroad)
Tuesday - Killin to Drumochter via Kinloch Rannoch (30 miles - mainly offroad)
Wednesday - Drumochter to Ruthven Barracks via the Pass Of Glen Tromie (25 miles, offroad)
Friday - Slochd Summit to Inverness (Falcon Square)
Saturday - EVERYONE to meet in Falcon Square at 11:15am where we will hook up with Spud The Piper. Spud will lead the procession down Academy St, past the Innes and on to the Stadium.
The Marchers this year are Yompa, Gringo Jnr, Gringo (all veterans of many HMs), Slater, Dunco and Wumba. Slater and Dunco are back after HM6 so we must have done something right last year! Slater and Wumba are part of Chumba's team who are doing the inaugural Tartan March in August. The Tartan March is an expedition by five Inverness fans back from Oslo to Hampden between the Norway and Macedonia games. This year's Highland March is a sponsorship-free zone and we are promoting the Tartan March instead.
But back to tomorrow... Kilmarnock have been absolutely brilliant in the build up to the game and there will be two pipers on parade tomorrow, one in a Killie top and one in an Inverness top. What we're expecting to happen is that they'll take up their places in the centre circle at around ten to three, then the marchers, including Chumba and Lady Madonna (both Tartan Marchers) will enter the arena and give it laldy... and see when we get to the away end guys, lets show 'em what this game means to us all!!!
Enjoy the game and here's hoping we get the three points that will keep us up.
For anyone who's going to be at the game tomorrow, look out for the mother of all Highland March entrances at an away ground...
Highland March 7, the biggest, highest, longest and most challenging Highland March to date, will leave Rugby Park (in pouring rain allegedly) and head north for home. It's 175 miles with almost 26,000ft of ascent and descent making it the equivalent of a marathon plus Ben Nevis every day for a week. The route this year is an absolute belter:
After the game/through the night/Sunday morning - Kilmarnock to Aberfoyle (50 miles)
Monday - Aberfoyle to Killin via Brig O'Turk and Balquhidder(25 miles - mainly offroad)
Tuesday - Killin to Drumochter via Kinloch Rannoch (30 miles - mainly offroad)
Wednesday - Drumochter to Ruthven Barracks via the Pass Of Glen Tromie (25 miles, offroad)
Thursday - Ruthven Barracks to Slochd Summit (20 miles- mainlky offroad)
Friday - Slochd Summit to Inverness (Falcon Square)
Saturday - EVERYONE to meet in Falcon Square at 11:15am where we will hook up with Spud The Piper. Spud will lead the procession down Academy St, past the Innes and on to the Stadium.
The Marchers this year are Yompa, Gringo Jnr, Gringo (all veterans of many HMs), Slater, Dunco and Wumba. Slater and Dunco are back after HM6 so we must have done something right last year! Slater and Wumba are part of Chumba's team who are doing the inaugural Tartan March in August. The Tartan March is an expedition by five Inverness fans back from Oslo to Hampden between the Norway and Macedonia games. This year's Highland March is a sponsorship-free zone and we are promoting the Tartan March instead.
But back to tomorrow... Kilmarnock have been absolutely brilliant in the build up to the game and there will be two pipers on parade tomorrow, one in a Killie top and one in an Inverness top. What we're expecting to happen is that they'll take up their places in the centre circle at around ten to three, then the marchers, including Chumba and Lady Madonna (both Tartan Marchers) will enter the arena and give it laldy... and see when we get to the away end guys, lets show 'em what this game means to us all!!!
Enjoy the game and here's hoping we get the three points that will keep us up.
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