or they throw heavy weights all in a competitive show of strength and in durance your max host maxim errol decided to test his mettle by taking part in a highlands games event and here's a closer look at how he measured up against the rest. when trees are flung through the air boulders carried around whites flying through the sky and rain falls in buckets it's summertime in scotland. was the perfect weather for a scottish tradition i'm an heiress at the highland games and i'll be facing off against some of the toughest men in the country and of course that requires a certain dress code. a traditional scottish killed is borne by all performers and competitors every summer around 80 communities across scotland host highlands games the village of west of edinburgh has been holding games since 871 there is running cycling and plenty of heavy lifting. it's a tradition deeply entrenched in scottish culture jolly mary is the president of the scottish highland games association. with. us i mean here i'd like to load a little bit more about the history of the highland games. as they would be more.