I LOVE your new-found enthusiasm, KCW!! It is good to witness, but I can see I'll have to look to my laurels.

Many thanks too for the links regarding the brown hose. I have quite a few pairs from Gaelic Themes, but have never seen them in brown - a colour I love and one which goes so well with a number of my kilts. I bought a pair in Edinburgh several years ago but I do not remember where, and there was no maker's label attached to them - I've been treating them like gold-dust ever since! Now I must check out Gaelic Themes again.