Stalking in a kilt...

[AlexD]

It must have been a wee bit warmer than our day with you last Saturday Connor! You'd have had blue knees!
Thanks for organising the day, we all enjoyed it.

In the winter of '81, it was -20C on the streets in Edinburgh so I got the train to Aviemore and went ice climbing, camping just below the peak of Ben MacDui. Superb weather, bright blue skies, really hard ice in the corries, dry snow.
During the night it fell to -40C on the top of the Ben where I was. A helicopter arrived at dawn, to pick up two others who had died during the night, apparently camping a few hundred yards away in sleeping bag that was bit too thin.
After the chopper left, a chap in his late 50s came striding up in his kilt, tweed jacket, cap and a scarf, with a wee dog jumping through the snow. He said it did the walk every day from Aviemore. No ski lift job, but walked up from the bottom. We chatted for a few minutes, then off he went. Kilts are warm, never knew they were that warm.

There is very nice garden in Inveresk, of a house occupied by a former lawyer, who is in his 90s and still gardening, and when talking to him recently, we came to talk of that winter and I mentioned this event; he knew the name straight away, seems quite a well known gentlemen for doing many a bold thing in his kilt.

 

[sh1kar]

In the winter of '81, it was -20C on the streets in Edinburgh so I got the train to Aviemore and went ice climbing, camping just below the peak of Ben MacDui. Superb weather, bright blue skies, really hard ice in the corries, dry snow.
During the night it fell to -40C on the top of the Ben where I was. A helicopter arrived at dawn, to pick up two others who had died during the night, apparently camping a few hundred yards away in sleeping bag that was bit too thin.
After the chopper left, a chap in his late 50s came striding up in his kilt, tweed jacket, cap and a scarf, with a wee dog jumping through the snow. He said it did the walk every day from Aviemore. No ski lift job, but walked up from the bottom. We chatted for a few minutes, then off he went. Kilts are warm, never knew they were that warm.

There is very nice garden in Inveresk, of a house occupied by a former lawyer, who is in his 90s and still gardening, and when talking to him recently, we came to talk of that winter and I mentioned this event; he knew the name straight away, seems quite a well known gentlemen for doing many a bold thing in his kilt.

Tommy?

 

[sh1kar]

Tommy?

Used to pass his house often with the sentry box outside when stalking up there
S

 

[Sol]

My mate wore one during the roe rut I shot one and he shot one that day.

I said too him "if you shoot one out In that, I'll go get it for you" because for some messed up reason we decided too go to a place that had meter tall rushes!
Ended up working out okay as I stayed back looking though bino's and seen that the deer got hut slightly further back than intended and took off so I was the only one that really knew where It dropped anyways.

It works, but make sure you have a nice fit youngster too go grab your deer for you and avoid getting ticks all over your legs.

 

[nic531]

having some Scottish ancestry in my dim and distant past I often wondered about getting a tartan kilt, but being allergic to wool put me off the idea with the amount of itching and scratching. I do however still have a plain green 'OG' one that was made by 5.11, complete with pockets and belt loops. I have also had camo ones from Utilikilt in the past....... would I stalk in even those... bugger off would I!

 

[Mountain Bug]

having some Scottish ancestry in my dim and distant past I often wondered about getting a tartan kilt

I've a friend that shares a similar distant past and channeled his connection through participating in our US highland games as well as wearing a kilt and everything else that goes with it.
He had always longed to participate in the real Scottish games and did so once.
He was the only one present wearing the kilt and full regalia and as such spent the whole day having his picture taken with and by the other attendees. They traveled how far to the Highland games only to celebrate an American participant.

Scott

 

[Spear Chucker]

Mincing about in skirts better left to undergrad art students in second tier polytechnics.

 

[wytonpjs]

I actually have a specialist waterproof kilt cover lurking in my box of goodies - used to always do the Boxing Day shoots in a kilt. Not a pleasant sight but with the added Santa hat made a comical spectacle

 

[Automan]

The three main dangers are ticks midges and upskirting.

 

[opticron1]

The three main dangers are ticks midges and upskirting.

You missed out one other.... If you happen to be on your travels wearing a Kilt - Europeans tend to be more guilty of this funnily enough - you'd be surprised how many young (and not so young) ladies feel they have to check whether you're a true Scot or not...... Not so bad if they've got warm hands, but not so good when their hands are cold!

 

[Spear Chucker]

You missed out one other.... If you happen to be on your travels wearing a Kilt - Europeans tend to be more guilty of this funnily enough - you'd be surprised how many young (and not so young) ladies feel they have to check whether you're a true Scot or not...... Not so bad if they've got warm hands, but not so good when their hands are cold!

Actually, you may have convinced me it is time to dig my hunting Murray out...trouble is that the kind of girl (hopefully) that cops a feel is probably not the sort of girl you could trust to behave if you were out on the hill...

 

[uneducated_outdoorsman]

I’ve seen guests wearing kilts out the hill for both grouse and stalking. The number of tick I pull off my Harkillas and tweeds has cemented that I’ll refrain from trying.

No need to give the Mrs an excuse to get in close with the tweezers!