It was rain, rain and more rain when we all went walking in the Brecon Beacons National Park yesterday. The great thing about it was, I remained the most warm and dry on the upper legs thanks to my kilt. Quite a bit of the front apron of the kilt got a real good soaking and a little of the under apron towards the bottom where the top apron kept hitting it in movement. Very little penetrated through the rest. Even my socks just felt damp but warm, better than cold and wet. They ALL admitted in complete honesty that they wished they had my kilt on. The top part of me got really soaked though, as my mack wasn't up to the job. In fairness, the weather was really bad .. we needed our heads red to go out in it , but it was worth the trip. Its nice to see the mountains/rivers/caves in different weather conditions and absorb the surroundings if one is able to get out there and do it.
Glen .... you were right !!!! .... after a couple of hours of walking yesterday, my cousin did say to me out of the blue, but after we were all talking about how wet we were and how much further we should be going on, 'you obviously like wearing a kilt'... And in reply and making no big deal of it I simple said yes and that I wear it as often as I can. I also told her that I would wear it daily ‘out and about’ if I had more confidence. She simple said 'that's really fabulous'. That was it. We moved on to other conversations. Also my friend in the piccy’s was so impressed with me being more dry on the legs than wet and the comfort factor, he asked me loads of enquiring questions about my kilt, prices, availability, manufacturer etc (when his wife was always out of range). They both have seen me in my kilt loads of times and both have asked the odd usual question over the years about it (tartan, heritage, comfort etc), but this trip I know has sown the kilting seed for him, certainly for wearing one out in the wilds when walking…and that’s a start .. I know once he wears it a few times he’ll find it hard to take it off. He has sent me a text today to say he is already working on his wife rapidly to break her slowly into the fact that he IS going to buy a kilt.… I think he’ll check out an ex hire one from the welsh tartan centre. He’s a very good and close friend and I know he will do it very soon. He’s now on a crusade. All in all another interesting kilting day. I’m starting to find the days when you don’t wear a kilt … boring… lol. But you’ve all been saying that in the posts here for ages so I guess that’s nothing new .. I’ve posted a few pictures in my gallery. Derek