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Highland Games return to Lime Rock

LAKEVILLE — The Highland Games return to Lime Rock Park Sunday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visitors can immerse themselves in a day of spirited competition and cultural celebration as athletes showcase their skills in traditional Scottish games.

There will be pipe bands, Scottish food and drink, Scottish music, children’s games and the Faux Haggis Toss.

There will be two demonstrations of birds of prey, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Sharon’s Chris Heacox will read from his new children’s book. Charlie the Highland Cow, described by organizer Cathy Sutherland as an exceptionally handsome and even-tempered animal, will be on hand.

And presiding over the entire event will be this year’s Chieftain, Skip Barber.

For more information and tickets email LHHighlandGames@aol.com or visit LimeRock.com/community-events.

Patrick L. Sullivan
Senior Reporter
Patrick Sullivan has been a reporter for The Lakeville Journal since 2004, covering everything from town meetings to local characters and the outdoors. He grew up in Northern Virginia but spent summers on Mount Riga in Salisbury, giving him a lifelong connection to the Northwest Corner. A graduate of Denison University, Patrick is also the author of Tangled Lines, the newspapers’ popular fly-fishing column—making The Lakeville Journal, as far as anyone knows, the only newspaper in Connecticut with a regular fly-fishing columnist. He once received a fan letter from England, which he considers sufficient evidence that his work has achieved international acclaim.

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