CS and Rob - listen to Richard Grainger's version on his CD whose name I've temporarily forgotten (it's me age) - now that's the true accent.

Matt, many thanks for that - I'll search for it!

"Whenever I hear the Northumbrian small pipes, I can be transported in my mind to the Cumbrian fells"

Will, I recently had the wonderful experience of walking up towards the castle on Lindisfarne and hearing a piper called Matt Seattle busking by the roadside. That made my day and we had a chat and he told me that he was there to provide the soundtrack to the place. A superb piper - keep an eye out for him.