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    Hello Steve,I hope you have a great time over here,and whilst I have no wish to make a big deal over our differing cultural visions, I thank you for being aware of them! I hope you don't mind me asking, but when are you going to be here and what part of Scotland are you planning to see?I may not see your reply for a couple of weeks as I am away shooting.In the meantime have fun "Jonesing" over all your new Highland attire.
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    Jock Scot, and others in Scotland.
    I am really looking at the summer of 2009 as the earliest that I can visit. It will also give me a chance to see where my body size ends up. I hope to visit some of the X-Marks people, who are regular posters in person, as well as to commission a real Scottish kit. The jonesing started in 2000 when I visited Ireland in the quest of my ancestral roots to find that some were "Planters Stock", from Scotland. Hence the signature line. The MacNeil of Barra tartans are rarely called for, so generally require a special run. It is also that visit that gave me the chance to identify the tartan of the kilt I have had since I was 12 or 13. It was very dear back then as it is a true Scottish kilt. It fit when I was about 10 stone, I recently hit 14 stone.... Now I am trying to decide on the kilt shop to custom, and am reading the various reviews available. I also am saving up as the U.S. Dollar takes a beating against the Pound Sterling. A part of the trip is to visit Barra as it is the ancestral origin. I would also like to see Dumfries, and possibly stay at P1M's guesthouse for a short visit. I have been invited by a distant cousin to spend an evening in Edinburgh. I have no idea how it will all come together yet. Again, thank you for the insights.

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    would also like to see Dumfries, and possibly stay at P1M's guesthouse for a short visit. I have been invited by a distant cousin to spend an evening in Edinburgh.
    Be sure to come and visit Hawick while you are here - an hour and a half by car from either Dumfries or Edinburgh - the home of the Lochcarron factory; House of Cheviot/The Hawick Sock Company; and also Kenneth Short Hosiery who make many of the kilt hose worn by pipe bands. Drumlanrig's Tower is also well worth a visit as a good example of the fortified tower house occupied by wealthy families during the era of wars between Scotland and England.
    Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.

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    SteveB,
    Are you going to be there during July for the Gathering? I'm planning on going then, and staying at P1M's. Not sure what else I'll be doing but I'm sure I'll find something
    Sapienter si sincereClan Davidson (USA)
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    Looks like several of us will be in Scotland in the summer of 2009. My Bride and I are planning on attending the Cameron Clan Gathering in '09. We've also been invited to attend the Gathering that will be held the week before.
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    i doubt that many wear their kilt on the hebrides because of the windy weather.

    Earl: do you know if all the clan gatherings will be in the summer?
    Gillmore of Clan Morrison

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