Camping with my Irish Saffron

**CDNSushi** · 4th January 10, 08:45 PM

This was the inaugural trip for my SWK heavy Irish Saffron (clearance) kilt. The very same one that I was trying to clean up the staining/colour variegation from in this thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/w...238/index.html

Well anyway, it cleaned up nicely so I wore it for a camping and hiking weekend out in December. Lots of compliments and lots of questions about whether I was cold. I explained to them that I was essentially wearing an entire sheep around my waist (or 8 yards' worth of wool anyway) and that I was perfectly fine.

As a change from the yucky fabric dye smell of the kilt, I spent enough time around the campfire that the kilt took on a very nice, slight wood-smoke smell... Quite pleasant, actually. And since this trip I've worn the kilt a few more times and the fabric is relaxing and not as wrinkled as it originally was.

Here are a few shots from the trip. I was quite the curiosity so I had no troubles finding a lot of pictures taken of me. My favourites all came from a Norwegian fellow who was like my own personal paparazzo all weekend long. He had a beautiful Canon 7D with virtually unlimited memory it seemed, so I assembled a wonderful collection of photos thanks to him.

If you want to see a larger collection of pics from the trip, just follow the link to my Picassa site here: http://picasaweb.google.com/drinkacu...asCampDec2009#

Cheers!

Jim

Here's me at the summit of the peak we hiked.

Me at the campsite.

I'm leading a small group of hikers up the "difficult" path to the summit. The others opted to take the gondola for ten bucks. I'm cheap and I need the exercise. LOL!

A closeup of my Celtic kilt pin (Irish brooch) from EBay.

**Highlander31** · 4th January 10, 09:27 PM

Nice photos, Jim. Looks like a great weekend. Is this a private campground or publicly owned?

**MacKay71** · 4th January 10, 11:35 PM

Cool pics! Where were you camping!

**English Bloke** · 5th January 10, 01:36 AM

Great pics Jim glad you had a nice time. Is the norwegian photographer looking for kilts on ebay as we speak?

**Oddern** · 5th January 10, 02:10 AM

Nice pics and nice kilt. I took a peek at your album. Your Norwegian friend is a good photographer. Norwegians can realy be usefull. Say hi from me.
Skål!

**The Thing** · 5th January 10, 03:36 AM

Sweet I just ordered a SWK Saffron kilt today, can't wait to see what it look's like in the flesh...!
Great pics.

**Jack Daw** · 5th January 10, 05:25 AM

Nice event! The female-to-male ratio is nice, too.

**McFarkus** · 5th January 10, 07:00 AM

The Irish Saffron kilt looks great. Mine is one of my favorites.

**thescot** · 5th January 10, 08:34 AM

Thanks for some very nice photos.

Don't have one of those safron things, but everytime I see one, I think, "Hm. May I could sell the dog, reive a few cows, and . . . "

Then I realize that I still have the little item from Barb Tewksbury in the works.

**CDNSushi** · 5th January 10, 09:09 AM

Hiya all...

Answering some of the questions and comments posed since I put this up:

Highlander: The campground is owned/run by the city where we live. It's a matter of phoning the city office to book the place for the weekend.

MacKay: This is near Kofu, Japan, which is near the South Alps... The Japanese Highlands if you will... ;-)

John & Oddern: The Norwegian fellow, Terje, is a heckova nice guy indeed. And as Oddern pointed out, Norwegians can be very useful people. He would freely lend out his camera to anyone for hours at a time. His philosophy was that people were generally pretty careful and honest, and he would always have some pretty neat surprises on his memory card when he got back home. Don't think he's shopping for a kilt yet though... He just seemed mesmerized by mine... lol.

Jack: the m/f ratio at many Japanese events is favorable... Always gotta be careful though. I enjoy the scenery myself. All with great caution, mind you. Just because a man is happily married already doesn't mean he doesn't get tempted. And some ladies will flirt like there's no tomorrow without necessarily stopping to consider one's marital status (as a good friend of mine recently, and very unfortunately found out)...

Jim: I hear ya, man. But at the same time, the SWK model of the Irish Saffron is, as all SWK kilts are, very, very affordable. Don't sell the dog. Just breed 'im and sell the puppies. That's the way you're supposed to do it... lol