Too Traditional?

[ForresterModern]

... it is good to stand out from the herd while being recognized as part of the herd.

.....

.....unless you are a wounded antelope amidst the lions of the Serengeti.

[David Thorpe]

Jock, thanks for posting the photos. Nice to see the face (and attire) behind the writings.

[Bugbear]

.....unless you are a wounded antelope amidst the lions of the Serengeti.

Which makes me wonder… Where does one traditionally cary one's trail snacks or sandwiches and such when on long kilted walks? I would think the sporran might be a little too small.

[Dale Seago]

Which makes me wonder… Where does one traditionally cary one's trail snacks or sandwiches and such when on long kilted walks? I would think the sporran might be a little too small.

Waxed canvas & leather day pack from L.L. Bean:

[Mickey]

Waxed canvas & leather day pack from L.L. Bean:

There's a pack in this pic? I think I'm hallucinating that there is a blackthorn stick too... but there is something terribly distracting, and what I feel is the most important item...

[Dale Seago]

There's a pack in this pic? I think I'm hallucinating that there is a blackthorn stick too... but there is something terribly distracting, and what I feel is the most important item...

Well, along with your snacks and sandwiches, you need a good restorative elixir too. . .

[JSFMACLJR]

Which makes me wonder… Where does one traditionally cary one's trail snacks or sandwiches and such when on long kilted walks? I would think the sporran might be a little too small.

Perhaps in a rucksack?

[ThistleDown]

A leather or canvas ammunition bag?

[creagdhubh]

Perhaps in a rucksack?

Precisely.

Me on a walk in the Scottish Highlands (Badenoch) during the summer time. Like Dale, I too own an L.L. Bean rucksack, but not the waxed canvas/leather kind. Inside, I had a few granola bars, water, a change of socks, camera and a rain jacket. My charcoal wool-rag sweater and hiking boots featured in the photos below are from L.L. Bean too - my father got me started on the Freeport, Maine based company years ago - I love them!





Cheers,

[Jock Scot]

Which makes me wonder… Where does one traditionally cary one's trail snacks or sandwiches and such when on long kilted walks? I would think the sporran might be a little too small.

Long kilted walks are really not a regular occurrence, "out on the hill" after a stag for example these days, simply because modern clothing has certain advantages over kilt attire. However the "poachers pocket" is a very handy adaptation to ones shooting attire, one on each side, but on the INSIDE, of ones shooting jacket. Very handy, for bits of rope, extra bullets, small packaway waterproof, sandwiches,etc.. My Grand father did have an argyll with small poachers pockets, I remember.

"Poachers pocket"