The mannequins on the pavement on the Royal Mile sport ever more garish outfits in a bid to draw the tourists's attention, this sighting on the Royal Mile on Tuesday of this week, note the toy tiger on a lead.

On the plus side, the shops on the Royal Mile do promote the kilt as a symbol of Scotland and their budget priced outfits ensure more kilt sightings on the street. While setting my camera to take the photo of the mannequin I drew the attention of this tourist, who had purchased his kilt outfit earlier in the day. This was his first time out in a kilt and he said he would wear it often. The kilt police will have their criticisms, but I considered he wore it well for a first occasion. I told him about xmarksthescot and he was happy to be photographed with his good lady.