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On Wednesday I helped to sow further the mens' skirting 'seed' at the Eden Project, Cornwall, wearing my blue denim Utilikilt.
I was one of the first in, as the photo shows the place almost deserted. After an hour there must have been a few hundred people there - mostly in a hellishly long queue waiting to get in when I came out!
I'd had the kilt reduced recently to knee length by a very professional seamstress I've discovered locally. Kilts hanging well below the knee, like the standard Utilikilt, I feel awkward in. She's altered a couple of my kilts so far, isn't expensive, and does the job a million times better than I could. Even finished off the hem of the denim one in double orange stitching like the original finish. 'Proper job!' as they say in Cornwall .
Well done Mugman, it all helps. I suspect you were the most comfortable man there, especially in the tropical dome
My wife took me there about six years ago (pre-skirt/kilt days) for my birthday. I remember sitting in the pub in Charlestown, having a meal when a guy in a non-tartan, possibly beige kilt walked past. No-one choked on their food and there were no giggles or shrieks of laughter, so he was doing something right.
My wife and I visited there three times last year, and I was wearing my dark denim Union Kilt. I had two different people ask me where I got it from, luckily I always keep some of their business cards with me. I also had a man, who thought I was Scottish, ask me about it, while we were visiting The Lost Gardens of Helligan.
It was very comfortable in the humid tropical dome. This year we did not visit the Eden project but spent our time at the many English Heritage sites in Cornwall, staying at Perranporth as usual. I wore the Union Kilt all of the time and had one enquiry about it, at a shop in Boscastle.
Hi Keith.
I just got back from staying the week at Perranporth (Cliffside Hotel overlooking the full length of the beach). I've stayed there many a time over the last years, and that beach doesn't get any shorter does it? Takes me about 45 minutes to get to the other end.
With most everyone wearing surfing gear, kilts seemed well out of place. I must admit I only wore one on two days as pottering around on the wet or windblown sand was a little impractical in a kilt. On the morning of my last day I strode into the hotel's dining room in a black kilt, and the landlord obviously thought I was going to a special function. Looking at the kilt, he asked 'Where are you off to today then?'. I answered 'Home'
(PS: That granite 'Seed' sculpture at the Eden Project is something else, isn't it? What an undertaking. But pretty tedious to sculpt I should imagine. One wrong clout with the chisel and...."B@!*?O!!!").
I've visited Eden three times now and don't think I ever wore trousers there...
A cool, airy wrap skirt is perfect for the tropical biome, I'm confident I was more comfortable in there than anyone in bifurcated garb.
mugman wrote:That granite 'Seed' sculpture at the Eden Project is something else, isn't it? What an undertaking. But pretty tedious to sculpt I should imagine. One wrong clout with the chisel and...."B@!*?O!!!").
Most sculptures are designed for folks to stand back and look at them, the seed is displayed so you can't get far enough away to see it as a whole but I've never come across anything man-made that was quite as tactile. I just could not resist running my hands over it. An amazing undertaking, made all the more so by its' apparent simplicity.
Have fun,
Ian.
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My wife and I were staying at the Atlantic Bay Apartments last week, near the co-op. This is our third year at this location, which is adjacent to the beach. We usually just walk on the beach in the evening, which was just as well as it was a bit windy. A good week apart from the difficulty in getting petrol. Luckily we were quite close to the Texaco station and saw a tanker just delivering, otherwise our plans for the holiday would have been restricted. It always seems to take ages to get anywhere in Cornwall!
I expect that when we return next year we will revisit the Eden Project to see what has changed.
mugman wrote:On Wednesday I helped to sow further the mens' skirting 'seed' at the Eden Project, Cornwall, wearing my blue denim Utilikilt.
I was one of the first in, as the photo shows the place almost deserted. After an hour there must have been a few hundred people there - mostly in a hellishly long queue waiting to get in when I came out!
I'd had the kilt reduced recently to knee length by a very professional seamstress I've discovered locally. Kilts hanging well below the knee, like the standard Utilikilt, I feel awkward in. She's altered a couple of my kilts so far, isn't expensive, and does the job a million times better than I could. Even finished off the hem of the denim one in double orange stitching like the original finish. 'Proper job!' as they say in Cornwall .
Having found such a qualified seemstress, can she make clothing? Isn't she interested in making skirts for men???
A man is the same man in a pair of pants or a skirt. It is only the way people look at him that makes the difference.
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