Quote Originally Posted by The Unkilted Heathen View Post
ForresterModern

Just out of curiousity where about in the highlands were you. Sorry about the Hi-Jack

Jordan
Also sorry for the hijack response.

The old guy was a front desk clerk at a chain hotel in Inverness, and he had just complemented me on my smartly worn traditional IOS kilt and outfit as a group of obvious tourists entering the hotel from a bus. When he spied one of them in a tee shirt and dark monotone contemporary kilt passing through the lobby, his complement to me was immediately followed by something sotto voce' to the effect of "unlike some riff-raff who slaughter our traditions in public" while he glared in the tourist's direction for several seconds. (Oh, and for those who might care I happened to be wearing a flat cap at the time).

Back to the original post, I have another suggestion of how to make a couple of pairs of kilt hose last several days without washing (unless you frankly soak or trash them with dirt). I wore thin poly sock liners under my kilt hose, and the liners absorb most of the oils and salts in your foot sweat while still allowing the moisture to wick away from your foot and through the socks. Sock liners are inexpensive, thin, lightweight, and extremely easy to rinse/wash before you go to bed (use your shampoo---just a drop will do), and they dry in a couple hours while you sleep. Just remember to wash them in the bathtub rather than the sink, becasue you still have to wash your face and brush your teeth in the sink. I have used this technique for hiking/walking socks on multi day, even multi week, treks, and only need to wash the socks/hose themselves about once every three wearings instead of every night. Liners wash easier and dry faster than heavy kilt hose.