Did someone ask about kilts in cold weather?

**The Wizard of BC** · 9th February 17, 11:25 AM

On my walk home from the kilt shop last night the proprietor of The Fernwood Inn snapped this photo on his phone.

**Taskr** · 9th February 17, 01:06 PM

Oh, c'mon Steve, that's not cold its just snow. Was -32C here

I've a nice wingtip boot I wear when the 'weather gets deep'

That corner is almost unrecognizable with all that white stuff.

**Steve Ashton** · 9th February 17, 02:09 PM

You are correct. It is not cold at all. In fact today it is well above freezing and everything is slush.

Victoria may be in Canada but it is the "Banana Belt" of the country. We usually have one or two snowfalls per year and quite often it is all gone by noon.

**imrichmond** · 9th February 17, 07:05 PM

Here on BC's Sunshine Coast (we do see the sun every so often) we have about 16" on the ground after almost four days of steady snowfall and now it's all turning to slush as the temperature is forecast to climb to about 5C with heavy rain. This is an area unused to such snowfall (for the last 40 years at least) and municipal snow removal is minimal. I had to cancel band practice this week and several of my piping students have had to cancel. Schools have been closed all week. This may be the Sunshine Coast, but it's certainly no Costa del Sol.

**Steve Ashton** · 9th February 17, 07:23 PM

Victoria does have a snow plow but the guy who knows how to run it vacations in Arizona all winter.

**jhockin** · 9th February 17, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Ashton

Victoria does have a snow plow but the guy who knows how to run it vacations in Arizona all winter.

So, Steve, is that perhaps an explanation for why the Zambonie operator was out, in Victoria's streets?

Here in 'the Valley' we got over 2 feet of snow, then freezing rain.
I've been out in a kilt, in a nor'easter, will minus17C wind chill, and in 1/12 ft of snow, and was quite comfortable..though I have bought a pair of woollies, to be made into kilt-johns

**Steve Ashton** · 9th February 17, 09:48 PM

Na, they don't bring out the zamboni till after the ice storm. Then all the city workers park their trucks so they can all watch the hill and hold up score cards for the best slides.