Linlithgow celebrated its historic Marches Day on Tuesday.
Flutes and drummers kicked off the day at 5am with a parade through the burgh, Linlithgow Bridge and Blackness waking the inhabitants.
At 6am, pipes and drums followed the same route as the flutes to provide a second wake up call before the The Linlithgow Reed Band provided a moment of reflection as they performed the 23rd psalm at the West Port before making their way to the home of the Provost.
At 8am the Provost’s Party took breakfast in the town hall before they joined the Round Table, Rotary, 41 Club and Dyers march to the palace to fraternise.
The procession moved off west from The Cross to Linlithgow Bridge to the sound of the Linlithgow Reed Band at 11am, then made its way from Linlithgow Bridge to Lowport and then to Blackness.
The civic party then laid wreaths at the war memorial in Blackness before the Fencing of the Court at Castle Hill, Blackness, and the installation of Baron Bailie.
The Provost’s party then had lunch in the Marquee in Blackness, before the Grand Finale at 5pm when the procession went three times round the Cross Well.
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