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8th August 10, 10:38 AM
#1
Surprise at the Traction Engine Rally
Today I was visiting the Three Cocks Traction Engine Rally near Hay on Wye, on the border between England and Wales.
Dressed in my Cornwall Narional tartan, I expected, as usual to be the sole kilted guy around...
Until I encountered this gentleman!
He stated that his tartan was Cameron.
I asked his wife to take a picture of the both of us - sorry it seems to be slightly out of focus.
But it was still a pleasant surprise to find another kilt wearer in this neck of the woods! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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8th August 10, 12:53 PM
#2
It's always great to run into someone else in a kilt.
I was told there is an amazing old little church somewhere in that area that has a tomb of a crusader in it as well as battle flags from years and years ago. Carlyle comes to mind? Alas I have never been there so forgive my ignorance.
Robert
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8th August 10, 02:07 PM
#3
It is great to run into a fellow Kiltie.
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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8th August 10, 02:16 PM
#4
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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8th August 10, 03:45 PM
#5
Wow! That guy's hairdue almost makes as loud a statement as his kilt! Very nice, indeed!
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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8th August 10, 05:23 PM
#6
It's even more fun to run into a fellow kiltie if he is wearing a familiar tartan!
A couple of years back, I was visiting Tenterdon at the opening of the folk festival. There were several Morris dancing sides, and some Scottish dancers. I caught a glimpse of something familiar, and after their performance, I made my way through the crowd to talk to the dancers.
I immediately asked "What tartan is that?" "What tartan do you think it is?" "I'd say it's an Ancient Hunting Matheson." The gentleman wrapped a very large arm around my shoulder and squeezed: "Exactly!" It turned out that he was one of two dancers that he knew of [in southern England] who wore that tartan.
The people at the store I ordered my kilt from had never seen the Ancient Hunting Matheson before, so there can't be many where I live.
EPITAPH: Decades from now, no one will know what my bank balance looked like, it won't matter to anyone what kind of car I drove, nor will anyone care what sort of house I lived in. But the world will be a different place, because I did something so mind bafflingly eccentric that my ruins have become a tourist attraction.
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9th August 10, 03:42 AM
#7
Excellent pics Trefor. Its always good to meet another kiltie.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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