I am not a fiddler but am very involved with the Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club (Google them) and appreciate the fiddle. I learnt to play it but was never any good but that does not stop my...

I will be there in fact from Friday till Monday.

See you there.

Bill

In Melbourne Australia we had some khaki kilt aprons in cadets in the 1960's which were very like those posted. You still see them periodically on eBay. I suspect they were army issue perhaps as late...

I will be pretty obvious with my white hair and beard and a blue RSCDS tartan kilt. I am from Melbourne Australia and do quite a lot of Country Dancing. Just toured the Caribbean on a cruise and of...

Don't worry Cecil, I have worn a Scottish kilt without issue in Southern Ireland or Eire, danced and even been to Mass in one there and I am not Roman Catholic! A few Irish bands are experimenting...

Thanks Cecil for providing info which Google didn't find! It looks fantastic if squeezy time wise because we hoped to make Nashville around then to see a past exchange student from 17 years ago. We...

I arrive in Orlando Dec 28 and will be in Florida until Jan 7 them go on a cruise from and back to Fort Lauderdale around Jan 14 then drive the Florida keys before heading north arriving around 20...

Re SCD, It is a marvellous excuse to be kilted. This week I wore a kilt at a ceilidh Monday and a class Tuesday, then Wednesday and Thursday and at an old school function on Friday (Scottish attire...

It was a good day, may there be many more such meetings and no we are not twins, just have a few similar interests.

Bill

Great story and photos. It prompted me to study my cheapest kilt, a now ancient $60 (with postage) Pakistan made 8 yd acrylic claimed 16 oz (obviously less) It is now only worn around house and...

The kilt is normally worn above your waist unlike pants and as men tend to have a belly bulge above their waist which usually shrinks most when weight is lost, it is understandable that kilts tend to...

Congratulations on achieving an important milestone. The photo brings back great memories of wandering around Brussels with you quite recently in our kilts. I am sure we were the most photographed...

What about those great cheeses and Belgium beers we shared just a few weeks ago in our kilts in Brussels! Great pics.

Bill Sides Melbourne

Great photo Bidule, it was a fantastic day to walk around Brussels which was bursting with people. The Mannkin Pis is without doubt the most photographed thing in Brussels but I suspect we for a few...

Saw this years tattoo, was good but have seen it twice before in recent years and did not feel it was as good as prior onesd but venue is vastly improved and toilets now seemed to be adequate they...

The X Marks the Scot Quaich goes to some wonderfully varied places, the latest pics from France are so colourful and the food!!! Yum. Its log and the photos and tales on X Marks the Scot let us...

Good to see the Quaich made it OK to France, I hope you enjoy it in France as much as we did here in Oz.

Bill Sides

Woollen sweaters/jumpers are almost normal wear with a kilt here in Oz during winter at casual things like wandering around gatherings, dancing classes and the like, usually with a polo shirt on...

I was at The 2009 Gathering but point out that locals were not being focussed on simply because the Gathering was part of The Year of the Homecoming, a Government supported idea to get people to...

May last post as holder of the X Marks the Scot Quaich. It has been a wonderful experience especially being over the International Day of the Tartan period. Locals adopted the concept and we can...

The Quaich must move on Westerly from its location in Melbourne, it has one last duty here this afternoon then I would like it to move on to another X Marks the Scot member to promote the use the...

The Scots had huge influence in Melbourne, at one point it is said Melbourne's population
was 75% Scottish and evidence of that is in the street and suburb names right across our city. Scottish...

The next use of the Quaich was during its visit to the Mitcham Country Dancer's Tartan Dinner. In Australia, Tartan dinners are held as close to practical to July 1 and of course a toast to the...

Take two (photos did not come out).

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