Es got Sandy Mitchell o Avoch pittin pen tae paper -'A feow eer ago noo I went fae Avoch doon twice tae jine a bus stravaig roon places - ferms an villages - far certain bothy ballads were set.

The Hollywood movie inspired crooks used a glass cutting device to create a perfect circle in the living room window of a house in Stravaig Walk.

'Cattle in particular love to stravaig [Gaelic for 'to wander freely'] through the trees, browsing occasionally.'

His songs have been covered by some of Scotland's best-known folk acts, including The McCalmans, the John Wright Band and Stravaig .

A stravaig roon the arena noo an hid me catchin up wi aal freens includin Terry Wright fa, wi's faimily, hae run the amusements an funfair for 58 eer at Meldrum an haein a blether ower a dram hid a lach or twa recaain early days meetin in wi Games stalwart Norman Duguid as ring-maister meetin on the Thursday nicht afore the Games in the local hostelry.