I moved house last year and now live ib East Dorset (near the sea, hurrah!). I have been amazed by the positive reactions I have received to my kilts.

Christmas day I went to church and wore my posh kilt, shirt & Tie and jacket. The Vicar greeted me warmly and said how nice the kilt was. After the service, while waiting outside, a young woman smiled and said "Love the kilt. Well done".

At New Year a (new) neighbour and his wife called in for a drink. "Aha" said he "A man in a skirt - very smart" [this was not sarcastic]. His wife asked some of the usual questions about my scottish links - there are none- but was quite OK that I wore a kilt because that's what I wanted to wear. Incidentally, all the near neighbours in my road, and also the postman, have seen me in kilts assorted and all just happily accept me.

Yesterday I was fixing my wife's car in the front drive, wearing my everyday Black Watch kilt and a sweater. I female voice came from behind "You look good, its lovely to see". I turned around to face a forty something delivering flyers. "Don't you find it a bit cold" she asked "I don't wear skirts in this weather anymore". I told her it was really quite warm. We chatted for a while and then she left with a parting good comment.

Wow, I felt 10 feet tall!

Its kinda interesting that my kilts are quite often called skirts (which they are) but not in a derogatory sense. It seems that women generally don't have a problem with a man in a skirt as long as it is one purpose made for men i.e. the man is not attempting to cross dress. In that regard the kilt is king.