Saturday last was a very warm day by Scotland's standard, about 70 degrees, I was at the small village of Balloch at the southern base of Loch Lomond for the 12th Lomond Folk Festival.
With the great weather and easy access by train from Glasgow, Balloch was awash with day trippers, the hotels and pubs were simply overcrowded and their beer gardens filled to capacity.
As I have found out in recent years along with other members that a lightweight kilt is great to wear in warm weather and I really enjoyed wearing my light weight Hunting Stewart on Saturday. With stockings down at the ankles and a casual shirt with the kilt, I was totally relaxed and quite cool all day long.
Unfortunately despite the village being full at the seams, it must have been its busiest day of the year, I seemed to be the only person wearing a kilt with the exception of the Isle of Cumbrae pipe band members.
Again as usual I received many admiring glances and comments.
I can never understand that in a land where a great percentage of men in recent years are now kilt owners, that at an event such as this, I was the only kilted visitor about.
If it was next Saturday in Edinburgh at the International rugby match then kilts are de rigeur and the city will be awash with kilties so why do the same kilties who love wearing the kilt, not take the opportunity to wear it more often?