"Ok, now let's take you to the Highland Games. These photos are from the Greenville Games a couple of years back. The temperature was sweltering, and I think a few people had to be treated for heat stroke." (Matt)

This alone demonstrates the need for adaptation. According to Taber's Cycolpedic Medical DIctionary, 16th edition, heat stroke is "an acute and dangerous reaction to heat exposure" characterised by body temperature above 103F. It is life-threatening. "Without delay, the nude patient should be placed in a bathtub filled with cold water." If a bathtub is not available "place wet sheets on nude body [sic], fan vigorously, and massage the skin." Nurses are urged "to educate the public about heat illnesses."

Dressing in temperatures in the 90s as if living in a cold, wet climate such as the Scottish Highlands is sheer folly. In such heat dehydration and over-heating occurs and can, in extreme cases, threaten not only health but also life.

When in my twenties I was rushed to hospital after preaching (I am an ordained minister) in 90 degree weather in April on the eastern seaboard. The doctor urged me - inter alia - never ever to wear a thick jacket in such weather and to wear short-sleeved shirts. His name was MacBean and he hailed from the highlands of Scotland.

Matt is to be commended for this post.