Opening of the Commonwealth Games

....and here comes Scotland in the picnic rugs and dire socks.
I think it's all a bit amateur. Those girls have been wiggling and dancing for over an hour now - they'll be exhausted!

They look good, Scotland!

Oooh. Rod's back. Please be a bit better this time.

Please don't do a Paul McCartney on us.

You can't beat old Rodders!

Yes you can, he's dreadful now! Not as bad as Paul McC admittedly... but he's lost his voice.

I made DS watch it with me so that he could see the awful Scottish shirts and I could offer to buy him one. He declined extremely forcefully. We thought they should have been wearing the English team's outfits.

And those people leading the countries, they looked like poor wee Scottish crofters! It didn't look good on anyone, no matter who, what age, or size they were!

Done your bit for those gorgeous kids? #afiverwontbreakthebank

Why isn't there one wearing a turquoise shirt? Aha...

Nicola Benedetti has lost a lot of weight. Not that she was big before.

Sad moment.

Had to be done.

Yes.

I like Prince Inram. Cuddly.

They can't resist a wave.

Do you think the Queen is still awake?

Best bit now, a Gaelic song from a singer of where I live

Queen looks very perky. I thought she'd need her bed by now. Good for her

The baton wouldn't open. The Queen (almost) cracking up. Best bit of the ceremony

Why do they have to have opening ceremonies. Can't they just turn up and do their sporting stuff? Is there going to be a closing ceremony as well. Don't they know when to stop and start if they don't have one?

OMG - John Barrowman at his worst. And I thought Andy Stewart was dead. Did they dig him up? The wee Scotties were cute though!

Andy Stewart . You mean he's not dead? You can't be serious? Is it still on. Who else will they find?

Oh apparently he is dead - quite a long time ago. But someone sounded just like him - maybe it was a recording or a hologram!

I seem to be on my own here then, because I thought the opening ceremony was lovely, a very happy and colourful affair. Years ago, when he (and I) was young, I hated Rod Stewart, but these days I like him, maybe because he`s started to sing nice stuff after all these years. Nice to see the bit of film of Andy Stewart, I used to like him. I`m not Scottish, just a lover of Scotland, maybe that`s why my opinion differs.