At the sixth annual Mystic Highland Games, Scottish heritage came alive across the fields of Mystic Farm and Distillery in Durham. Bagpipes set the tone from the start, carrying across the 22-acre property as athletes competed in caber tosses and hammer throws and visitors wandered between clan tents filled with tartans, family crests and centuries of history. For many, the day was less about watching the games and more about finding something personal in them, whether that meant tracing a surname back to the Scottish borderlands or simply stopping to listen to a story they did not expect to stay for.