{"id":13751,"date":"2017-04-21T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13751"},"modified":"2017-03-25T06:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T11:40:51","slug":"r-is-for-runrig-atozchallenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13751","title":{"rendered":"R is for Runrig ~ #AtoZChallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/R.jpg\" alt=\"Runrig\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/R.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/R-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">R is for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runrig.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Runrig<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;re back up north over the border into Scotland again. Today, we&#8217;re over the sea to Skye for Runrig. When I first discovered the band, Donnie Munroe was their lead singer. I still prefer their older material with him belting out the tunes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V2S2VeDJJEE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R is for Runrig We&#8217;re back up north over the border into Scotland again. Today, we&#8217;re over the sea to Skye for Runrig. When I first discovered the band, Donnie Munroe was their lead singer. 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