It is almost 7½ years since I last put on a pair of trousers or shorts and roughly five years since I actually got rid of the few remaining pairs I had kept in case they were needed. Obviously they were not!

For most of my life I wore only trousers, or shorts, whilst my kilt (note the singular!) was reserved for my Scottish Country and Highland Dancing activities. Now that I have 73 kilts - far more than pairs of trousers I ever had at one time - I see no reason to ever consider wearing anything else.

I have my very best kilts, my next best kilts, my dirty jobs kilts, my lounging around the house kilts, my walking/shopping/days out kilts and my doing nothing in particular kilts. Who needs trousers? I certainly do not!