Kilts and cold weather

[Father Bill]

If you have time, you ought to look into getting a Balmoral bonnet. I would never want to go bareheaded in the cold. So if your wife has nixed your flat cap and you've wisely chosen to forgo the baseball cap, another headgear choice is desirable. Balmorals are both traditional with the kilt and provide excellent warmth in cold conditions.

You could also follow McMurdo's lead above and wear the ever-popular Canadian tuque. This would provide some cover for your ears as well.

But I'd definitely think about something to keep your head warm.

Balmorals do work with earmuffs too.

[McMurdo]

Balmorals do work with earmuffs too.

Yes they do

[OC Richard]

Just like last year, when the East and Northeast are suffering a cold front we here in California are warm.

Very, very warm.

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[Tobinn]

With regard to the kilt long johns idea (very clever) I'm reminded of a story my dad told me. In the 1950s he was in the English army serving during the Cold War in Germany. Winters were (and still are, I assume) brutally cold. He said that the Scottish soldiers would report to duty in their full uniforms which included the kilt. Undergarments of any kind apparently were not considered a part of the uniform and they would, as part of their inspection, traverse a polished metal floor plate which, as my dad relates, afforded a "full" inspection.

[Riverkilt]

Basic physics - heat rises. You'll be find. It is however recommended that if you need to raise the kilt to use the facilities choose facilities that are heated....raising the kilt will dump the warm air under there....yes, learned that myself the hard way...on a very cold day at the Grand Canyon in an unheated facility.....

[Rick M]

An 8-yard wool kilt, wool hose, a standard cold-weather jacket and a wool Tilley suit me fine down to about -15 to -20 C or so. At -30 C I add a set of Patagonia thermals under all that.

Rick

[neloon]

With regard to the kilt long johns idea (very clever) I'm reminded of a story my dad told me. In the 1950s he was in the English army serving during the Cold War in Germany. Winters were (and still are, I assume) brutally cold. He said that the Scottish soldiers would report to duty in their full uniforms which included the kilt. Undergarments of any kind apparently were not considered a part of the uniform and they would, as part of their inspection, traverse a polished metal floor plate which, as my dad relates, afforded a "full" inspection.

A story frequently told that is total rubbish.

Alan

[Tobinn]

A story frequently told that is total rubbish.

Alan

I'll chalk it up to a story circulated by the non-kilted enlisted men.

[Tobus]

I don't want to be accused of being anti-kilt, but if it's to the point where one is having to wear leggings of some sort under the kilt, then what's the point of wearing the kilt? Might as well just wear trousers at that point, since it's already to the point of strapping the kilt on over a bifurcated garment.

[OC Richard]

A story frequently told that is total rubbish.

It's amazing how many times I've been told that story over the last 40 years. I've wondered if there's anything to it.

It's so difficult to disprove such things once and for all.