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    What you put on the end of it?

    I'm talking about your legs of course, more specifically feet when you're working on the lotty.

    Wellington's just aren't cutting for me - trying to dig over weeds hurts the arches of my foots. I'm watching some hard leather walking boots and wondered what you chappets/chaps wear before I place a bid.
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    Walking boots But then, I literally wear them all of the time. I get through 2 pairs a year, and generally buy Hi-Tecs off eBay for about £25-£30. I only own one other pair of shoes

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    • #3
      I was wearing wellies that burst all over the leg parts and I cut them down to shoes, these were fine in dry weather (which we don't get much of) until the soles wore so thin that I could feel every wee lump and bump through them.

      Then I took my Doc Martens down and wore them for a while, didn't find them very comfortable after a few hours work.

      Now I have two pairs of wellies I got for xmas, one shiney black and one steel toe cap, haven't worn either of them for long enough to call a judgement

      Good luck with the boots.
      My blog - http://carol-allotmentheaven.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        An old pair of Footglove slip ons to walk to the lottie and then I change into a pair of 'rubber feet' - you know, the wellie shoe type things. I am paranoid about bringing horsetail back to my garden.

        I did buy a pair of Timberland walking boots for £1 (car boot) but haven't got around to wearing them yet - too much of a faff to put them on at the lottie. Might make the effort this season.
        Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
        Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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        • #5
          I have a pair of pod walking boots that have been worn every day now for about 18 months and they are still going strong. Emergency wellies in the boot for the more sticky muddy days.

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          • #6
            As my growing space is outside my back door, it can be anything I have on my feet at the time. I do have to keep myself in check sometimes and change out of my sandals!
            Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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            • #7
              I have wellies in my boot, but usually wear some CAT boots.

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              • #8
                I wear Rig Boots. pull on, pull off, no laces and very easy to change back in to civilised footwear on completion of gardening work.

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                • #9
                  I'm a hillwalker/rambler so I when my walking boots get a bit past it I wear them to the lottie. Don't like throwing them out when there's still a lot of use in them.

                  I've never got on with wellies, (my feet would be freezing even with liners/socks) and I notice that none of the blokes on my site wear them either.
                  Forbidden Fruits make many Jams.

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                  • #10
                    Leather walking boots for me too.

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                    • #11
                      At this time of year I do wear my wellies and had two pairs for christmas, I dont like wearing wellies as I get too hot and they are not comfortable to wear. In the summer I wear ankle wellie shoes, I dont have any problems wearing them and usually manage to find them for less than a tenner, socks pushed down to just above the shoe and away I go,
                      Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                      and ends with backache

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                      • #12
                        Wellies for me for the most part, although in the summer I was wearing some old slip on trainers if I was only doing some light work like weeding.

                        I'd quite like some of those ankle welly type things, muck boots I think they are called.

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                        • #13
                          Like Flo I grow in my back garden I did wear my old walking boots to dig out the beds but now the spade works finished its usually crocs.
                          Location....East Midlands.

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                          • #14
                            Wellies usually but in the winter your feet get cold and in the summer it's the opposite. Lately I have been walking daughters dog in my leather walking boots which are both comfortable and keep your feet warm. Thinking will take them to lottie in future, just need to keep them in good order.

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                            • #15
                              There are wellies and there are wellies, if you buy a basic set of wellies your feet and legs will sweat in them when doing rigorous work, a better quality of welly can minimise this, they also have far better support for the arch. Try a local farm or horse suppliers near you, you'll find a far superior welly there. It might cost you the same as a tidy pair of boots but worth in IMHO.

                              I always wear wellies on the plot, with clay soil I need a good rinse before I leave the plot, just to ensure I leave the soil there.
                              I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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