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Tomorrow morning I'll be scudding down the A9 for the launch of our new SoundTown project. This year we'll be working with the pupils and parents at Alva Academy in Clackmananshire. That whole area is just steeped in Scottish history and we're hoping that will work to our advantage as part of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland's big Scotland's History campaign.

My plan is to get there early enough so that I can record a special video blog from the area, but we'll see. Meantime, I've unearthed some unseen footage from out first SoundTown at Dalmellington. Our finale event from that year was a 5K fun run through the village. More than 250 people took part and that number included a bus-load of ´óÏó´«Ã½ staff who were transported from Glasgow with the promise of medals and free bananas.

The big problem that day was the weather. It rained on and off throughout the morning and afternoon and I remember struggling to keep the water off the lens of the camera. I think that's why I eventually consigned the tape to a box in the attic.

I've now managed to salvage enough shots to tell the story of that day. Look out for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland presenters with a variety of moist hair-styles. You'll see Bryan Burnett, Fred MacAulay, Bill Whiteford, Gary Robertson and Tom Morton.

It was fours years ago, but none of them has aged a bit!

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