'Stick In The Muds'

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Certainly the kilt is a conversation starter. When I'm working around at Carlisle Airport, either in the museum or mucking in at the flying school, I'm usually kilted, and often people travelling in and out from the south of England comment favourably and are pleased by the fact that they have come close enough to the national border to actually meet someone who lives on the other side and wears what they regard as traditional Scottish garb.

Not wanting to stray off topic, but on one of my visits to one of the larger steam railways in England, which markets itself as a tourist attraction, the guy on the desk not only refused to accept a Scots bank note but was downright rude about it. The only reason I let it go is that a lot of these guys are volunteers, without whom we wouldn't have these nice trains to enjoy.