Balmoral, Glengarry, or None?

[Kearnold02]

I will be attending a highland festival this weekend and I have a question about what hat (if any) to wear.

I will be wearing a gray wool Braemer (spelling?) Jacket and vest. My fly plaid and clan tartan kilt. Dress ghillies hose and flashes.

Thank you

[Father Bill]

Balmoral or none. The Glen is associated in many people's minds as a uniform piece.

[Macman]

I'm going to disagree with Bill on this one. I do wear my balmoral more than my glengarry, but I still like the glen for civilian wear from time to time. Interestingly, when I was in the Reserves, we wore our tams far more often than our glens.

[Jock Scot]

I am with Bill. Although "none" would probably be the choice of most in Scotland, even if the weather is grim.

[Pleater]

These days, with the weather being so varied, I rarely leave home without a beret, and I put lanyards on them.
I was beside the sea the first week of August and I was very glad to have a cover as I had to head upwind all along the sea front. It wasn't raining but it might just as well have been, and the gusts brought me to a halt.
A simple round cap - all wool, is easily rolled and carried and such a life saver when the weather turns nasty. Pulled down at the back it keeps much of the water from going the wrong side of the collar.

Of course your weather might be sweet and mild and a head covering not needed.

Anne the Pleater

[McMurdo]

I would bring a Balmoral but would decide if it were needed once I was there. I would also say leave the fly plaid at home as wearing it with the tweed argyll jacket would be mixing formalities.

[Navy87Guy]

The best part of retiring from the Navy after 30 years was never having to wear a hat again “just because”. Unless it’s below zero, I would choose “none of the above”!

[EagleJCS]

With the OH forecast being cool & wet to start this weekend, I'd probably go with the Balmoral for headgear. (Being a piper who was once active with a pipe band, I consider the Glengarry a 'uniform' type hat.) I've so been known to wear a baseball cap in some circumstances. If it were sunny in the midsummer, I'd even consider a wide-brimmed hat.

I'm with McMurdo and forego the fly plaid, especially with tweed. Never worn one, don't own one, haven't needed one.

[Holcombe Thomas]

Being, shall we say, follicly challenged, I wear a balmoral in cooler seasons and a broad brimmed hat, usually a Tilley, in sunny times.

Holcombe

[gsmacleod]

I'd go with a balmoral if your head is cold or it's raining. As someone with fair skin, I'd consider something with a wide brim if it was going to be sunny.

As was mentioned, I'd also forgo the fly plaid.

Shane