Quote Originally Posted by Peter Crowe View Post
I know what Jimmy means though, being from the Glasgow area and now living in Massachusetts. Winter in Glasgow is much milder than winter in Boston, MA. I'd say on average 20 degrees fahrenheit warmer, but it is much wetter (not just damper, wetter!) A typical January 20F day in Boston is pleasant enough to wear a wool kilt with hose etc. with layers on top, undershirt, shirt, tweed argyle, and an overcoat or parka. A typical 40F day in Glasgow with the damp and in similar clothes downright chills you to the bone. Not to mention being splashed in dirty water by the passing traffic.
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Peter you have hit the nail on the head! Cold dry weather is tolerable but the raw damp days in UK are far more uncomfortable. When it gets like that I will wear plain flesh coloured tights under my kilt hose as an extra layer. It works and is discrete enough for no one to be aware. Cold & Raw sums it up!