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With local amateur historians they visited the site of the Saint&#8217;s footsteps. The choir performed a Gaelic song at the annual Saint Columba Conventicle also held at the footsteps.<BR><BR><BR><BR><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2013\/06\/Southend-PS-St-Columba-2013-June-012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?attachment_id=7793\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2013\/06\/Southend-PS-St-Columba-2013-June-012.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"336,448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-P52&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1370341538&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" 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