A Shetland Island native bought a shock when driving throughout the island in July. Janice Priest of Unst got here throughout the surprising sight of a lone man enjoying the bagpipes to an viewers of captivated Shetland ponies.
“As I went previous I spotted that there was this man with a set of bagpipes enjoying and the mares within the scattald (hill) have been all standing beside him listening,” she informed Talker Information.
Priest has a Shetland pony breeding farm of her personal, Musselbrough Shetland Pony Stud, so she understood how uncommon and particular this was.
She stopped to take the video, which has since gone viral. She additionally informed the information outlet that later within the day she came upon that the piper was really a Swiss nationwide named Jacques Ioset (“Unst is to peerie a spot tae attempt an hoid!” posted Janice on Fb) and requested him about his uncommon live performance. “He mentioned the mares had been a bit away when he began however all of them crowded spherical.”
Not everyone seems to be a fan of bagpipes – and there are loads of humorous quotes about them – however these little equines discovered them fairly enchanting.