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In THE LAST DEBUTANTE, my fourth and final installment in the Secrets of Hadley Green series, I return to Scotland. You may be asking yourself, “When were you in Scotland?” It is true that most of my historical romances have been set in jolly old England, but I have written four that were set in Scotland, not including my latest: Remember the Lockharts? Highlander Unbound, Highlander in Disguise, and Highlander in Love were big hits back in the day. Before that, there was Beautiful Stranger. And I liked Scotland so much, I even penned a novella set there in Snowy Night with a Highlander. 
All of this says to me that 1) I have written a lot of historical romances, and 2) I have a thing about Scotland. A personal thing. A thing that has taken me there three times in the last fifteen years, all just so that I could absorb the magic. You are probably thinking the mysticism and the pull of the Highlands. But I am talking about the magic of the kilt.
Yeah, baby, I love a man in a kilt. And they come in so many varieties!
It started here for me, but then I quickly realized that the kilt had evolved. You can play in them, dance, and wear them for a posh night out. 
There are long kilts and short kilts, kilts that go with work boots and kilts that look better with a pair of gloves. There are fashionable kilts and artists who wear kilts. When I look at a man in a kilt, I think “he’s not wearing any underwear!” (come on, you know you do too), and then I think “wow, a kilt is HOT.” It’s hot to me because it just screams masculinity, which you wouldn’t think because it is a skirt.
But it’s such a sexy skirt, and as we all know, it takes a real man, a strong, confident man, to wear a skirt. Which makes it so blooming sexy to me. 
Alas, none of my male acquaintances is on board with this idea, so I rarely get to see them except here, occasionally (big shout out to Karen H. for keeping us in kilts through the years) and in the long and winding halls of my imagination. I do not lack for kilts there.
Do you like a man in a skirt? What’s your favorite thing about Scotland? What is it about Scotland that calls to you?
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Whoooo – I’m pretty sure that red kilt in the last pic is the tartan of my clan. Can I keep him?
Ummm…yes. I like men in kilts. Do they really walk around like that in Scotland because if they do, I might need to think about immigrating.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:07 am.
Judy, he is yours. I found plenty more where he came from.
I will confess privately to you that I have seen only a couple of men in kilts in Scotland. Most of them look like most of them here.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:23 am.
I am currently living in Scotland and sadly you don’t see men in Kilts much. You see them wearing em mostly during special occasions.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:55 am.
must be cold if they wear them only to special occasions
Where do you live in Scotland, Archer?
It must be like here down under where the kangaroos hop over the shopping mall and the koalas sit in the trees in the front yard, hahahaha
have seen both animals but I had to drive for a while out of town.
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 8:28 am.
I live in Aberdeen. It’s kinda like the beginning of the Highlands. It’s actually not that cold here. The problem is it’s never particularly warm
The kilts are really thick and heavy. They keep the wearer really hot. Which is why men are known not the wear anything underneath
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 4:59 pm.
I love kilts. I wish that Gamer Dude had the legs to pull off a kilt but sadly he doesn’t. Whenever I think of a kilt I think of grabbing a leaf blower and seeing if the guy is honoring the tradition that goes with wearing a kilt. The thing that calls to me with Scotland is the fact that some of my ancestors come from the Highlands and I want to see purple heather and the mist doing it’s thing amongst the ruins of an old castle. We don’t have castles here and our ruins aren’t nearly as old but some of them are almost as interesting.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:07 am.
Of all the places I’ve been, Scotland remains my favorite. It’s beautiful in a very rustic way
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:25 am.
Edinburgh has such a mystical feel to it. Its like visiting another time.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:57 am.
My architect nephew had a semester studying in Europe and he loved both Edinburgh and Glasgow. I tell him he has to take me back with him one day.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:28 pm.
Tell him often enough so he caves
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
I love Scotland. While I was there with my family we went to one of those Highland Game things. We keep trying to see if the men in kilts were honoring the tradition. I bet my DH would look lovely in a kilt.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 8:21 am.
It’s an obsession! We all want to know! I found a couple of pictures about what’s under a kilt that would not fit the purity of this blog, hahaha
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:26 am.
I’ve never been to Scotland but have always wanted to. I like the accent. Have also never seen a man in a kilt except in a picture. I will reserve judgement until I see one in person.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 8:28 am.
Wise thinking
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:26 am.
I love kilts! Nothing sends chills down my spine faster then being at a highland game and a mass bagpipe band marching toward me with all those sporans bouncing from side to side.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 8:49 am.
Kay, LOL! Is it the sporan doing the bouncing?
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:27 am.
Kilts are great on the right guys and they do wear them on the streets in certain Scottish cities. The older gentlemen wear them properly and the younger lads wear the hipper Braveheart inspired kilts with biker boots. My favorite thing is The Red Hot Chilli Pipers- a bagpipe rock band with great energy & enthusiasm- they are a great live show!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:13 am.
LOOOOOOVE the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:27 am.
Julia,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YdkolAEHj4
The red hot chilli pipers are these guys
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm.
I have never been to Scotland but worked with a man who was from there. I could have listened to that man speak all day! He told amazing stories about growing up in the highlands. I enjoy M.C. Beaton’s books with Hamish MacBeth which are set on the west coast of Scotland. I hope to see the region someday.
My daughter went to prom with her date wearing a kilt. My only experience with one – I did not want to know if he was honoring the tradition!!!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:22 am.
Haha, Kez! That would be in the same category as say, a father.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:28 am.
I like kilts, and if DH ever had the opportunity to try one, I bet he would. I don’t know that I am called to Scotland. Certainly, I would love to visit there. In doing some research, I found an old church in Germany, the first Christian church in Europe, that Constantine built. It is in Trier. I’d never heard of it, but I would love to see this old city.
I would love to see some romances set elsewhere than England, Scotland, or Ireland. I guess it is the language difference, but these old cultures seem so interesting to me.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:26 am.
Amanda, many have tried to do that. It seems the mass market in US prefers the British Isles.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:31 am.
That is so weird to me. People who settled in my area are of Germanic and Slavic descent. But, in my years of reading blogs and reading, only 2 books that I know of have been German translations, and one of those is “The Hangman’s Daughter”, which I’m still telling myself I’ll finish after starting it over a year ago….
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 3:04 pm.
The best part about a man in a kilt is that he is MAN enough to wear it. The security one must feel to put one on, the masculinity that permeates over wearing one.
I love the accent, the masculinity of Scotland, I also plan to go to Edinburgh Festivals (the original and Fringe)– which is an artist and performers playground.
Plus a place that bring Gerard Butler in the world I am sure has other diamonds just waiting for my eyes to appreciate them.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:32 am.
That’s the way I feel, Carla
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:31 am.
Hooray for a new London novel!
I love Scotland, especially the northwest, and eating Braddon Roast. I love the accent madly.
And my own CR has the right to wear tartan and has done so, once for the Harlequin party. He has marvelous legs from running, so it’s a pretty sweet sight.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:41 am.
It’s amazing to me how sexy men can look in those things.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:32 am.
I’ve yet to make it over there, but I will go soon (in the next 2-3 years actually. My grandma was born in Scotland. I don’t know if that is why, but I have ALWAYS felt a pull towards it. If I could, I’d move there in a heartbeat. And that’s without ever having set foot in the country yet. Sometimes the pull is stronger than others but it’s ALWAYS there. Plus, hey, kilts! I personally have 6 :blush: My husband has 2. My kids have each have one. I have one from when I was little. I can’t wait to go…
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:09 am.
Oooh, you should definitely go, Jen! I went to where my ancestors are from. Discovered they were border people. Probably so they could flip their loyalties as needed.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:33 am.
I like your men in kilts! Wowsa.
I was about to say that a handsome, muscular man can wear anything and make it look good, but then I remembered that one model on Project Runway this season who was made to wear baggy cropped pants.
Not a good look. The designer was voted off. It was Hobbit-wear, essentially. And he was also in a sleeveless shirt!
My eyes! My eyes!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:11 am.
Saw that. I agree completely.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:33 am.
Oh! Forgot to add that I’ve been to Scotland briefly and the thing I loved most was the accent. I could barely understand what was being said, but I loved the accent.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:13 am.
Me too! I don’t know WHY it is so hard to understand, but it is.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:33 am.
I do love me some men in kilts. So much so that conveniently, I am taking the munchkin to observe some kilt action this coming Saturday. We were coming home from our girl scout camping trip this past weekend and drove past the Clay County Fairgrounds. I tend to read the sign to see what events are upcoming whenever I make it out that way. This Saturday is the NE Florida Scottish Heritage Festival and Games!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! I passed it on to our dear goddess Karen just in case she wanted to make a short 2 hour road trip up for the day.
There are bands, and dancing, and crafts, and various vendors.. and of course, men in kilts!!!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:25 am.
Well, she was a FOOL if she didn’t go. Karen??
There is this tiny little golf course way up in the mountains between Taos and Angel Fire, NM. On Sunday, everyone shows up in a kilt to play golf. I have no idea why. I thought it was so odd, right in the middle of Native American country, you know?
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:35 am.
How bizarre! I would assume that in the area there are quite a few people who are of Scottish or Irish decent so they have made a fun community of it. Sounds like fun to me!!!
Oh and the festival is THIS weekend and I am very much looking forward to it. Also found out that the Celtic festival in St. Augustine (where I live) is the weekend of March 9-10 so I think I will be heading into town for that one too
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:48 am.
Crap…I typed out a response, then forgot to hit submit…I was too busy looking back and forth at those gorgeous pictures…
The B&W one with the mom tattoo, and the last photo–WOW!! I love a gorgeous man that is confident enough to wear a kilt. 
I have never been overseas, but I have always felt a pull to Scotland, Ireland and just the UK in general–right down to my soul. I have ancestry there, including Rory O’More (he fought the English to free Ireland in the 1600′s), so I have always felt this crazy tug. I love the accents. I love the edgy and dangerous beauty of the countryside and coastal areas. I love the poetry and music with the regional instruments.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:39 am.
I’m ready for your new book, too! I have it ordered already.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:07 am.
Julie, thank you! I hope you enjoy it
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:36 am.
Yay! Can’t wait for the book! I do love a kilt, but I love the accent more
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:40 am.
Thanks, Haley!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:36 am.
I find Scotland so enchanting and hope one day to get there. I love kilts, and if the man is sexy and has great legs, then they are even better. Please no bagpipes, though. I don’t think I could ever get used to that sound.
I loved your Highlander series! Highlander In Love was such a wonderful book. It is one of the few books I will pull out every so often and read again. I especially love the epilouge.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:42 am.
Oh, thank you, AmyS. Those books were so much fun to write.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:36 am.
I think kilts are very cool. As for the whole Scottish love—- I am not one of the converted yet. I want to visit, tho, and probaby then I will be. I have never met anyone who went there and was not impressed. Oh, and your pics today are very nice
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:50 am.
You should definitely go, Madeline. Just tromping through the castles is worth the trip.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:37 am.
I have friends from Scotland and love when we get together. I could sit there and listen to them talk all night. The stories they told and pictures they showed made me want to jump on the next plane. One day maybe. But it’s so dang close to Ireland! My Irish roots call to me. I’ll have to make time to do both!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:55 am.
Not sure why, but kilts are hot! Maybe it’s a latent link to my Scottish heritage–a smidge.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:27 am.
A smidge is all it takes!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:50 pm.
I was wandering down High Street in Edinburgh, snapping photos and completely enjoying the beautiful buildings and I glanced over and there was this man waking by – in a kilt. Not in a kilt for entertaining tourists on the street, but a kilt with a rugby shirt untucked and some sort of boots. There was something really sexy about it.. I have no idea what his face looked like, I caught him as his back was to me.. but dang. I had to restrain myself from following him
Scotland is beautiful. I’m really looking forward to going back and exploring more. I love the lore, the scenery and the completely entertaining stories and conversations you end up in the middle of as you chat with people.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:31 am.
You’re making me want to go back sooner rather than later
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:51 pm.
Greetings from Aberdeenshire Scotland!
I’ve been living here for 7 months so whenever I see Aberdeen in a book I giggle.
I loved your Highlander series. They were hilarious.
My colleagues would freak if you called their kilts a skirt. They bug me enough as it is for things like saying white out instead of tippex or sidewalk instead of pavement… Although no power on earth is gonna get me to say rubber instead of eraser.
I love kilts. I’m not sure what my favorite thing is, but I definitely know it’s not the weather
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:22 pm.
Bwahahahahaha! I agree with you on that eraser thing. Does your wonderful DH don a kilt for you on occasion?? I have a friend who lives in Dundee but she never talks about anyone dressing traditionally or whatnot. Every photo I see of her family, they are all dressed just like everyone else in the world. Sigh… and her DH is in love with footie!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:28 pm.
Hubby is open to wearing a Kilt, however the good quality ones are actually ridiculously expensive. A good Kilt (hand made) can cost up to or even over £1000. My co-worker told me most Scots get their Kilts when they turn 21 because that’s when most men stop growing. Otherwise it would be too expensive to keep getting a new one.
I see people wearing them at Ceilidh’s(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBaQ-QA64Wg&list=UUZED4OAylJqoA1gtz9PpcAw&index=6), weddings and company dinners.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:57 pm.
ROFL!!!! Girl, I almost snorted out loud when I read that!! Rubber…..hahahahahahaha!!!! My office mates will think I’m nutty over here laughing all by myself!!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:28 pm.
Yay people who get me. I’m so outnumbered at work lol
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm.
Don’t tell them, Archer! And thank you for praise of the Lockhart books!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:52 pm.
I think of the road when I hear ‘pavement’ – not sidewalk. What a hoot.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 7:36 pm.
Not as bad as proctor vs invigilator. I think invigilator sounds scary, but my co-workers keep arguing proctor is scary
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 8:13 pm.
Although I’ve never been to Scotland, I know I would love the castles. One of my dreams is to tour the castles of Scotland and England. Also, Julia, does the heather still grow wild in Scotland? A remembrance from Braveheart. Your men in kilts are quite appealing. Have already read The Last Debutante and highly recommend it.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:30 pm.
Oh, thank you Donna! Yes, heather grows wild. I can’t remember where we were, but my sister and I hiked through miles of it.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:53 pm.
Oooh, my favourite country!!! The most memorable trip I had taken – ever- was to Scotland with my sister. Our tour guide had a Master’s degree in history of Scotland and he wore a kilt for the entire 2 weeks he took us around Scotland.
It. Was. Awesome.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:38 pm.
it. sounds. TOTALLY. AWESOME. I have to say, having been there with a man and with a sister, it is really best to go with a sister
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:54 pm.
This was the first year in a few that we didn’t attend the Scottish Festival at the Queen Mary this past weekend. Sadly, the men in kilts there don’t look even half as good as the men in these pictures. Occasionally, you’ll see someone who looks as good as these pictures at the festival.
Being the family genealogist, Scotland interests me because I’ve quite a bit of Scottish ancestry. One of my lines is one of the longest landholding clans in Scottish history – 11th century until 1992/93 when the laird turned the castle over to the National Trust. One of my sisters is obsessed with this family because she thinks it’s the most Scottish of all our lines. In reality they’ve been in the States since before 1750. The lines that I find the most interesting are, also, the most recent immigrants and are from the inner Hebrides, so the story goes. I’m working on figuring that one out. I’m certain that my red hair comes from my Scottish ancestry more than it comes from my lone, Irish, 3rd ggrandfather. Scotland has the highest percentage of redheads in their population with the highest concentrations in known Viking settlements, but the US has the highest number per capita.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:41 pm.
Janae the Ginger!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:55 pm.
I love, love, love kilts! My son was married in the McKenzie plaid. One of our dearest friends married a Glasweegian in our living room two days after Christmas a few years ago. I love listening to him talk.
We were all set to go to Scotland and Ireland for several weeks and had to make a decision, go or take custody of my sister’s two youngest g-sons. Ten years later, we still hope to get there and visit some of the places family members started from.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 12:45 pm.
I’m in the middle of writing my first “kiltie”, myself. Those wee bits of plaid are quite inspiring, aren’t they? *g*
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:07 pm.
Julia,
I love men in kilts, especially Gerard Butler! I’ve not seen many in person unless it was performance related like stage productions or parades. Three months ago, however, I came face to face with a gentleman wearing a kilt–in Italy!!!
My husband and I had just come out of the shady interior of the Florence Duomo into the bright Tuscan sunlight and I thought my eyes were just having trouble adjusting at first. But no, there he was, an upper middle-aged man decked out in what seemed like Scottish country casual from his tam to his green-socked toes.
I asked for a photograph, thinking the juxtaposition would make a striking contrast, and he kindly agreed. But when I look at it now, he actually blends in nicely with the facade of the cathedral. The greens in his plaid, tweed blazer and socks are the same green found in the marble on the exterior. And the rust in his hair and his plaid work with the same shades in the red marble. It makes me smile, remembering.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:19 pm.
How fun! Did he wonder why you wanted his picture? Or was he used to it?
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:56 pm.
He had to have heard plenty of comments and gotten lots of looks that day. Surely I wasn’t the only person that found it odd to see a man in a kilt in Florence, Italy. I may have been the only one brash enough to ask for a pic, though.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 4:22 pm.
A man in a kilt is totally sexy. In addition, I admire a man who would proudly wear one. That’s the sign of a REAL man! Sigh.
Scotland does call to me and it’s at the top of my Bucket List. Walking the rolling hills would be fabulous. Can you imagine how fresh the air must be? I love to hike and this would be the Ultimate Hike for me!!
I am so wanting to read The Last Debutante! It’s on my wish list!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:53 pm.
I hope you love Scotland and The Last Debutante!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 2:56 pm.
Great pictures! I once went to a bar with some girlfriends in San Francisco. It took me a while to figure it was mostly a gay bar because it was kind of dark with weird lights going on and off. The men were gorgeous. And I vividly remember one guy wearing a batik piece of fabric wrapped sarong-style around his hips. Naked chest. Didn’t matter to me he was up close and personal with another guy. I still swooned.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 3:04 pm.
Ah, the tragedy of homosexuality! Gorgeous men who are so not looking at you.
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A sarong, huh? I wish I had the guts to wearing daring fashion. And the body.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 3:54 pm.
In college, I went to a formal and my date wore a kilt. He was a former wrestler, so no one dared call it a skirt. I must admit it was a very sexy look….I keep trying to get my husband in one. He wants one (to honor his Scottish heritage), but he claims his knees and legs are too scrawny.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 4:07 pm.
How cool that your date did that!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm.
I love men in kilts! You say the first thing you think is that he’s not wearing any underwear. LOL I’ll admit to that too, but the very next thing I hope for is a brisk wind!
Sadly, I went to a mini Highland games event here in Michigan and the most revealing thing was when an old kilted geezer bent over too far. *covers eyes and shudders* Nobody deserved to see those dangly bits.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:06 pm.
Oooh, Marcy! My eyes, my eyes! hahaa!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:18 pm.
Here in the Pacific NW if you are competing in the games you have to cover the dangly bits because they don’t want to educate the young before time. There are several men here locally and in Portland who always wear their kilts, some wear utility kilts for working (again, parts covered).
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:23 pm.
bummer
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:53 pm.
I want to visit Scotland someday. My mothers Grandparents were from there and taught her to speak Gaelic. I used to love to hear her speak The Lord’s Prayer in Gaelic. Sadly, she passed and we never recorded her doing it and she never taught me the language. Scotland calls to me, there’s something about the hills and stones and mists…..
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:36 pm.
Brandy, I hope it gets on your bucket list and you make it. It’s definitely worth the expense (or at least it was to me)
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 5:54 pm.
Brandy I understand about your wishing you had recorded your grandmother. Our grandfather on dad’s side came from Germany when he was 9 and he brought a Stradivarius violin with him. I would listen to him play for hours, my brother’s daughter plays it now although I have never got to hear her. Another thing Grandpa did was sing Silent Night in German, I loved it.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 6:05 pm.
More photos on http://www.utilikilt.com I’d like to buy one of these for my hubs.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 6:28 pm.
Love it! Thank you!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:27 pm.
I LOVE kilts on men!!!! My husband looks fabulous in his.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 6:37 pm.
Ooh, we have a winner! Carrie’s husband actually wears his.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm.
I love Edinburgh. We spent a week there several years ago and I loved it. I’m looking forward to your newest, Julia.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 7:01 pm.
Thanks LSU!!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm.
Most of the guys I’ve seen in kilts were on TV.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 9:34 pm.
Me too. I’d like to see one of these guys in a kilt in person. I really have a thing for the guy in the tight muscle t-shirt and kilt. Yowza
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:00 pm.
I would love to go to Scotland.
Really love the accent.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:04 pm.
I, too, am part Scottish and would love to visit there. I love kilts the best but the accents are very lovely. Like long hair, a kilt can make a man look more masculine. I have seen men in kilts at the Scottish games here in Florida. My partner is Greek so no Scottish kilts but the original Greek military uniform features a pleated skirt and we have pictures of him in one (unfortunately as a very little boy). I heard a few years ago that the Greek uniform may have been an inspiration for a kilt as there was some interplay between the two countries several hundred years ago.
I was most distressed a couple of weeks ago when I went to the home show and saw a t-shirt proclaiming “Got Kilt?” because the wearer wasn’t wearing a kilt, but baggy long shorts, and I was momentarily all excited for nothing!
Looking forward to more Hadley Green and I loved the Highlander books way back when!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:05 pm.
Thank you Karen!
Yes, I would be disappointed if there was a promise of a kilt and it turned into big baggy shorts.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:31 pm.
I just find the country and the heros verra interesting!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:12 pm.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:32 pm.
There really is something about a man in a kilt!! I visited Scotland about thirty years ago and I would love to go back. The countryside is brutally beautiful. Edinburgh is haunting and beautiful. Saw plenty of men in kilts. We had one as a guide and falconry instructor. He had a delicious accent and informed us in no uncertain terms true Scotsmen don’t wear anything under their kilts.
He was definitely a real man as my trip was in March! Brrr! Love the country, the accents, the men, the history, the poetry, the kilts! A word of warning. Do not try haggis if you are a picky eater. Tried it once. ONCE!
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:37 pm.
I toyed with the idea of running a half marathon in Edinburgh, but then remembered those hills. No thanks
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:33 pm.
Oh, yes! With a nice set of pecs and abs to go with it. good legs make it work.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:37 pm.
I agree! But men always have good legs. Life is so unfair is so many ways
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:33 pm.
It’s not a skirt, it’s a Kilt. I love Kilts, I love the wide open Highlands and the mountains. I love the sheep and the coos (cows) I love the men in kilts and they’re buttery voices that can melt my clothes off…oh yes they can.
Z
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:45 pm.
Zina, lol, you are my kind of gal.
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:34 pm.
There is something very manly about a man in a kilt.
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 3:42 am.
Well I think most of the comments said it already. Love men in kilts. But the rest of the body must have good looks too, otherwise its only a look or two from me. A six pack and skirt and I stare, I mean STARE, gape, ogle, whatever. Burn the picture into my frontal lobe (in case I have no camera at hand).
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 8:33 am.
Told hubby that if we ever, ever make it for a honeymoon I want to go to Scotland. He is ok as I told him it would be cold over there (and he so hates Australian sunshine).
We do have a Scottish customer who comes in once in a while and I told him that he can talk to me all day. I won’t understand a word but I love the accent. I am German and have my issues with foreign English (Australian, Middle Eastern, Asian, East European English).
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 8:45 am.
Love it. I have some images from this blog burned into my frontal lobe, LOL
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:07 am.
I’m going to Scotland this summer, just so I can study some Kiltage up close and personal. Yes, CLOSE and PERSONAL.
I do love a man in a kilt. Like you, though, I haven’t been able to convince any men that I know to actually wear one. When I asked Hot Cop to wear one, he told me that his family is Dutch and they don’t ‘do gowns.’
Pity. He has great legs.
Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:57 am.
Oh Karen, you must ply him with liquor and see if you can talk him into it then……:)
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:00 pm.
OMGODDESS – I am a sucker for a gorgeous man in a kilt. There isn’t anything that gets my blood boiling more.
Must be the celtic in me blood. Goodness gracious. I’ll take one of each, thank you very much.
I so want to visit Scotland. Those lush green hills… those gorgeous stone walls … free-range men in kilts… Yeah. That sounds heavenly.
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:28 am.
My DREAM vacation is Scotland, with a side couple of days in Ireland and Wales….. with a heritage of Scots, Irish, Welsh and German, I got a big dose of celt in me. I love castles, men in kilts, and swords.
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:58 pm.
I can’t say I’m a fan of a man in a skirt … although those handsome men in the photos would look good in anything (or nothing!!) My favorite part of Scotland is the accent … I love a man with a sexy accent
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 12:41 pm.
I am a female Highland Bagpipe player. I play in a bagpipe band that competes in the Eastern US, have traveled to Scotland with another band, and am privileged to see lots of men in kilts on a fairly regular basis. of course, these kilts tend to be paired with a Prince Charlie jacket, very formal wear, but I still love it! At some point, I’ll have to get some of these guys I know in less formal kilted attire…
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:48 pm.