CairnGorm Mountain Attempts World Record For Skiing in Kilts

AllyG wrote:

bandit wrote:The Beeb says they made it work on the day. A new world record :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8552225.stm

Thanks Bandit, it does look pretty impressive. I wonder if they all owned their kilts or whether they hired them for the day? I bet a proper kilt is quite expensive to buy.

Ally

Surely all real Scotsmen have there own kilt? It's only us Sassenachs that use Moss Bros, those knownledgable purveyors of kilts.

AllyG wrote:

bandit wrote:The Beeb says they made it work on the day. A new world record :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8552225.stm

Thanks Bandit, it does look pretty impressive. I wonder if they all owned their kilts or whether they hired them for the day? I bet a proper kilt is quite expensive to buy.

Ally

Looking at close to £100 to hire a decent kilt with all the trimmings. For something decent with all the necessary bits and pieces you are looking at between 500 and 1000 (at a guesstimate).

You can hire tartan skirts in most parts of the country :shock:

Ian Wickham wrote:You can hire tartan skirts in most parts of the country :shock:

I reckon the resident Jocks are going to make you suffer for that particular slight :lol:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Looking at close to £100 to hire a decent kilt with all the trimmings. For something decent with all the necessary bits and pieces you are looking at between 500 and 1000 (at a guesstimate).

Thanks Pablo,
I thought they would probably be pretty expensive. One of my Scottish cousins wears a kilt quite often, but it's not what you might call a dress kilt, more like one of Ian's tartan skirts, and hence probably not so expensive.

If they cost as much as that, it's amazing they managed to muster so many kilts, never mind the skiers to wear them :lol:

Ally

Pablo Escobar wrote:Pablo is skiing at Nevis Range. Pablo also isn't Scottish so I see no reason for him to wear a kilt - he would just be an impostor!

Oh wee sleekit cowerin timorous beastie
:lol:

Dave Mac wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Pablo is skiing at Nevis Range. Pablo also isn't Scottish so I see no reason for him to wear a kilt - he would just be an impostor!

Oh wee sleekit cowerin timorous beastie
:lol:

I had to run this through an automatic translation site :D

= Wuss

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AllyG wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Looking at close to £100 to hire a decent kilt with all the trimmings. For something decent with all the necessary bits and pieces you are looking at between 500 and 1000 (at a guesstimate).

Thanks Pablo,
I thought they would probably be pretty expensive. One of my Scottish cousins wears a kilt quite often, but it's not what you might call a dress kilt, more like one of Ian's tartan skirts, and hence probably not so expensive.

If they cost as much as that, it's amazing they managed to muster so many kilts, never mind the skiers to wear them :lol:

Ally

You can have tartan dress kilts. Obviously there are cheaper ones but generally the quality won't be as good.