Links
Suppliers
DC Dalgliesh – weavers in silk and wool. The BEST kilt cloth available today.
D&D Natural Fiber – my preferred source for custom-knitted hose.
The House of Labhran – highland head-dress, antique sporrans, dirks and sgean dubhs.
Jarod Kearney – An outstanding artisan who makes heirloom-quality sgean dubhas and dirks.
Joe Drouin – a first-rate source of Canadian uniform accessories with exceptional customer service.
Kinloch Anderson – the best supplier of buckled shoes, also a good all-round supplier of quality merchandise
Reference
The Regimental Drum Major Assoc. – a very informative site, with MANY links to check out
X Marks the Scot – A community of those who wear kilts.
Cool stuff
I like running. I like trekking. I like beer. I don’t like running on pavement, so running from pub to pub is not an option. A group of us decided to take the pub with us when we go running in the Bush. Hence:
The Haggis Harriers – My ‘Drinking Club with a Long-Distance Trail-running Problem”.
Blog
Facebook
Frazz – I'm still a huge fan of 'Calvin and Hobbes' – and now I think I know how he turned out as an adult....
Gunghaggisfatchoy – Toddish McWong's interface of Scots and Chinese culture. This is an example of what makes Vancouver such a wonderful city to live in. Haggis Dim Sum, anyone?
Pathfinder Parachute Group UK – check it out, a travel agency for retired commandos!
theSneeze.com – if your squeamish friends are used to the sight of you eating haggis, then send them to this website!
Another passion of mine, wooden boats:
Meitheal Mara – researchers and builders of the Irish Currach
Naomhóga Chorcaí – Irish Currachs
My ventures into journalism:
Planning Six Centuries Ahead – "I had heard this story twice – from former Oxford students – and whether or not it DID happen, it SHOULD HAVE happened. I can only say, like Caius Brittanicus; "Relata refero, ne Iupiter quirem omnibus placet" (I tell it the way I heard it, Jupiter Himself can't please everybody..."
Music
Blackthorn – The web master's band so it has to be here...
Bowlingforsoup – this Texas alt-punk band is Amerca's answer to the Barenaked Ladies. Witty, ireverent and obscene - they're more like me than I am!
The Lowland and Border Pipe Society – because marching up and down in full dress is not the only way to play the pipes...
Mudmen – A speed-metal band with bagpipes – I can't play it in the car because it makes me speed...
Old Blind Dogs – Richly-textured virtusio Scots folk which blends old tunes and modern sensibilties. A textbook example of 'traditional' made vibrantly 'relevant'. Absolutely bloody brilliant.
