The not-so-naked truth

Just in case you’re wondering what the latest section of the blog is all about, Alain deals therein with the delicate question: What does a Scottish athlete wear under his kilt?

Is it really true that - with due respect for his warrior ancestors – the answer is “sweet nothing”?

 Well-placed as he is as commentator on the field, Alain gets closer to the athletes than the average spectator and has a good view of their whirling kilts as they spin around in the weight for distance event or as they swing the weight up and over between the poles in the weight for height event.

So, “weight” for it …….

He’s in pole position to reveal the naked truth. Which is that, under his kilt, not only is the Scots athlete far from naked, but he clads his vital parts in underwear, shorts or even, would you believe it, tights!

Another illusion bites the dust!

Out of kilter

If this kiltie revelation has put you out of kilter, don't let it stop you coming back to Bressuire for the 2011 French Championship and the 2012 Highland Games.

The American and Canadian athletes of 2010 and their French and European counterparts of 2009 may have dashed our hopes with their disregard for tradition, but there are still all those bagpipers to check out...

Mary PINET