GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (MODERN) Choose:By the metre the pattern incorporates the green

the pattern incorporates the green of the leaves' summer foliage

tailoring quality which is soft to touch - not at all scratchy or stiff

reminiscent of the mysterious shades within the dark clefts and crevices of the Torridon mountains

' Apparently MacLeod was a special friend of the Hays/ Stuarts/ Sobieskis and one of the brothers gave him the sketch many years before the Vestiarium Scoticum was published

and the brown tones of the fallen leaves

GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (MODERN) Choose:By the metre the pattern incorporates the greenIn 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders. One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch. The companies were known locally as the 'Black Watch' and were eventually consolidated to form the 43rd (later 42nd) Royal Highland Regiment. The Independent Companies wore a dark blue, black and green plaid which was woven