Stuart Smillie of Great Big Story traveled from London to Edinburgh, Scotland to learn how to play the bagpipes in an hour.

The Highland bagpipe is a part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in Normandy on D-Day during World War II.

Ewan Sinclair - of William Sinclair & Son - is one of the last remaining artisans in the world crafting bagpipes by hand.

4. At the end of last year, Edinburgh Zoo welcomed a pair of bagpipes, male and female, in the hope that they would breed. Though they fast became a massive visitor attraction the two bagpipes ...

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Stretching from the high-on-a-hill Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of ... tooting out "Flower of Scotland" on the bagpipes. If you want to walk the length of the Royal Mile, it's easiest to start ...