"LONG JOHNS" with a KILT ????

[puffer]

And I expect a full report from Puffer & photos too! (maybe Puffer can get his friend to sign up on XMarks?)

OKAY. I just got off the phone with him.
Here is the report.
1. 2 days & one night of GREAT FUN.!!
2. Was KILTED the entire time.
3. He was WARM & COMFY.
A. Temps were "mild"( low 30s in morn & night & 40s during the day.)
B. Wore a TOS for head gear,Layered for upper body ( lent hin my IC, but he only wore it one night "for style"
C. Wore Good wool Kilt hose with "soccor socks"
D. Kilt = Regimental WT.
E Under the kilt
1. started with "thermo bike shorts" but soon found them too warm.Switched to "Lygra bike shorts" = just right.

Pictures ???
They took a few pics ( not really picture buffs), & he said that he does not know if there are any of him. He will look. NOTE he did mention that a lot of people commented on th "Scotish look" & wanted pictures,

Also, it was such a great experience, he is planing on KILTING up when they go back for the Christms Event.

As to the XMS forum?? He is Know "lurking" on it.

Puffer

[GDub]

Long Johns? I live in the coastal region of Northern California. What I need is a wet suit!

[Rigged]

I've done it. Worn long johns under a Workman's UK while visiting my hometown of Pittsburgh during the winter. Not a very attractive look, but quite functional. The kilt does a good job of shedding falling snow. The long johns kept the nether bits warm in the chill breeze.

[BoldHighlander]

OKAY. I just got off the phone with him.
Here is the report.
1. 2 days & one night of GREAT FUN.!!
2. Was KILTED the entire time.
3. He was WARM & COMFY.
A. Temps were "mild"( low 30s in morn & night & 40s during the day.)
B. Wore a TOS for head gear,Layered for upper body ( lent hin my IC, but he only wore it one night "for style"
C. Wore Good wool Kilt hose with "soccor socks"
D. Kilt = Regimental WT.
E Under the kilt
1. started with "thermo bike shorts" but soon found them too warm.Switched to "Lygra bike shorts" = just right.

Pictures ???
They took a few pics ( not really picture buffs), & he said that he does not know if there are any of him. He will look. NOTE he did mention that a lot of people commented on th "Scotish look" & wanted pictures,

Also, it was such a great experience, he is planing on KILTING up when they go back for the Christms Event.

As to the XMS forum?? He is Know "lurking" on it.

Puffer

Bravo Puffer!!

"Lurking" huh? Get him to post an intro, if he hasn't, so we can welcome him proper

[BoldHighlander]

There is precedent for this. It is said that George IV wore pink tights under his kilt during his famous visit to Edinburgh that was coordinated by Sir Walter Scott and lead to the revival of the wearing of the kilt and of Highland dress.

On Saturday afternoon, 17 August (1822), the King attended a short Levee at Holyrood Palace, where the great and good queued to be greeted by George in his Highland outfit complete with pink pantaloons to conceal his bloated legs, described as "buff coloured trowsers like flesh to imitate his Royal knees". When someone complained that the kilt had been too short for modesty, Lady Hamilton-Dalrymple wittily responded "Since he is to be among us for so short a time, the more we see of him the better."


Sir David Wilkie's flattering portrait, painted in 1829, of King George IV in kilt during the visit to Scotland in 1822 with lighting chosen to tone down the brightness of his kilt and his knees shown bare, without the pink tights he wore at the event.


Contemporary caricature of King George IV in kilt during the Visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822.

Image & above text from The King's Jaunt, John Prebble, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 1-84158-068-6