... and shining of shoes, and whitening of spats.
Not the famous Henry Reed poem, but the preparations of the Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps for their Passing-Off Parade last Saturday.
Allow me a moment of maternal pride as my son is one of these cadets (middle of the group on the right), all of whom have completed the first part of the Military Leadership Development Programme. Though Will is currently a Law student, it's a career in the army that he intends to take up, and if he joins a Scottish regiment he'll be a dab hand at steaming those pleats!
Don't they look smart! A proud moment indeed.
Posted by: Darlene | 26 April 2010 at 12:34 PM
Certainly something to be proud of! Though, having ironed kilts myself, I feel for you. All those pleats!
Posted by: Claire (The Captive Reader) | 26 April 2010 at 01:59 PM
Congratulations! They all look so smart. We lived in Scotland for 3 years and I do miss it. I loved highland dancing, some of my best memories.
Posted by: Jennifer | 26 April 2010 at 05:33 PM
Oh my gosh, ironing all those pleats, but it is worth it, judging by how smart they all look. You must be bursting with pride!
Posted by: Karen | 26 April 2010 at 05:58 PM
Congratulations to your son (and you)! Nothing like a parade of Scots and the sound of pipes to get your blood moving.
Posted by: Mary | 26 April 2010 at 06:16 PM
I find the tradition very nice and formal in presentation. It shows the culture of scotch.
Posted by: Online Consultation | 26 April 2010 at 07:21 PM
How wonderful! Congratulations to your son.
There's nothing much better than a man in a kilt!
Posted by: pamela | 27 April 2010 at 11:04 PM
Just a little thing - Kilts are pressed, not ironed. Pressing keeps the pleats - ironing spreads them all over the place!
Posted by: Charles-Dunne | 31 August 2010 at 10:12 AM