My new 16 oz Buchanan Modern Hunting arrived by post today! (I'm off work today). It's a clan tartan of a sort in that my father's mother's (a Maitland) mother was a Gibb. Gibb is not a sept, but an offshoot of Gilbert who started the Buchanans. It's my way of not forgetting from whom I came.

I'm very pleased at the craftsmanship, by Kathy "The Kiltmaker" Lare, and the SPEED of dispatch! I wasn't expecting it before St. Patrick's Day, so I've got another reason to be kilted for the weekend festivities.

I've started right now by having a dram of Macallan 18, the best single-malt scotch in the world! This weekend will give me a chance to show off my new kilt belt and buckle from Steve's (Cavscout) Oconee Leather Works, and my khaki hose from WPG.

Pics will be forthcoming, I promise.