It was to have been a wonderful piping celebration with a special tune written by a pipe major and we were all going to play “The Battle’s O’er” followed by the “VE75” tune in “celebrations” all over the country. Locally Lee-on-the-Solent had a big planned event with a parade and two pipe bands. All now obviously, and sensibly, curtailed. However, I am fortunate, there is a very small local cemetery, with some Second World War Graves including a few from the Commonwealth Graves Commission, the white Portland Stone ones that you see all over Flanders, close enough that I can legitimately walk there from my house, so I plan to take my pipes and play, as planned, at 3pm, in commemoration of those who did not come home. I will of course dress appropriately in the kilt belonging to my Grandfather.