Robert Burns was the poet laureate of Scotland, a common man who wrote uncommon poetry. Every January Scots around the world gather to celebrate his birthday. A haggis dinner features largely in the celebration and this can be a little scary but we were lucky enough to be at the Luckenbooth Restaurant in Arena where Cliff and Yvonne, the owners, make everything delicious.

Moved almost beyond words by the sight of the haggis and the force of Burns' poetry, Charlie addresses the haggis. We think it may be somewhere in the 90210 zip code area.

When words aren't enough, use a knife. A lone piper looks on in shock and awe.

Highland pipe boy displays the impressive bagpipe volume that makes Linda and her girly-man smallpipes jealous.

This gent does not let being Welsh stand in the way of doing a terrific job honouring the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns. David will be singing at the Luckenbooth on March 1 when we next appear there.