I was making my way to the shops when I was stopped by a very large chap who could best be described as menacing and of an ethnic origin.

My thoughts were of flight or death in defence of my wallet!

Then he spoke-'The skirt man'

I nodded, and he continued 'Cool skirt, I want one where do I get it'!

After a chat he trotted off to look up some suggested kilt sites on the www.

Call me a coward if you like-but there are times when I'm certainly not going into battle about my kilt being called a skirt.

Moving to another area: yesterday I had a meeting in London, so was roaming all over the place kilted-and apart from a couple of compliments might have been invisible: and that included sharing a homeward train with many football fans. I mention this for anyone who might be worried about wearing a kilt about town.

James