Turn Your Kilt Across Your Tummy

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Amsterdam airport is a major European hub and the staff are accustomed to seeing kilt wearers passing through security. Previously I have opted for the sideways technique, walking through the metal detector slightly sideways so that the buckle on one side of the kilt passes through before the other. It is easy to overlook to do this and to set off the alarm. I was reminded of the problem passing through the airport last weekend when the security officer instructed me to "turn your kilt across your tummy". So I spun the kilt round ninety degrees and walked through the detector with the pleats to one side and the apron on the other, so that one buckle was at the front and the other at the rear. No problem at all and pnce clear of the detector it only took a couple of seconds to re-adjust the kilt.