As I promised Hamish I asked Tony Collins re the weight when I revisited the stall today at the Royal Welsh Show.
He said that all the WTC cilts (all material woven at the Cambrian Woollen Mill, Llanwrtyd Wells) are made with 13 oz, or just a little over and the difference in weight is therefore down to the casual cilts being 5 yards as opposed to the full 8 yard cilt.
I wore my Roberts today and it held its own well and felt really good despite the unaccustomed heat 
As I entered the ground someone from a TV camera crew shouted "hello Jock!"
(Despite a dragon on my cilt, another dragon on my sporran and dragon badges on my Balmoral!)
I calmly wished him "Bore Da." He carried on with "how ya doing Jock."
NO WAY was I going to speak to him in English 
So as I swept past, I replied "Iawn diolch, dyma un cilt Cymraeg, dim Albaneg." (Fine thanks this is a Welsh cilt not Scottish).
Clearly more cilted missionary work is required in Wales!
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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