Welly Boots

[terrier]

The only problem I have with cheap wellies is the string through the top holding the two together, it's always too short and I keep tripping up!

[mandyballantyne]

The only problem I have with cheap wellies is the string through the top holding the two together, it's always too short and I keep tripping up!

Thought it was only me with that problem

[Winged one]

I have a pair of old shoes, which I wore constantly for about 3 years until the sole started to split. At the mo, the sole is gone on one shoe and the leather upper no longer joins the sole on the other in 2 spots. So they are fair weather shoes.

For less nice weather, I have my old hiking boots (which have seen a fair bit of use in the past 10 years for hiking and general casual wear).

I may get a pair of overshoes or wellies from Lidl over the winter. But certainly not a pair at that price - twould be about €170. The most I have ever spent on shoes was about €60 for a pair of high heeled knee high boots that I wore a lot last winter (for work and casual) and will wear a lot this winter too. I also tend to get a lot of my shoes resoled and reheeled, so they are usually falling apart by the time I let them go to the trash gods.

[Madasafish]

My limit for wellies is my limit for jeans.. under £10.

Anything over is sheer extravagance considering that most of the time wellies are covered in mud, leaves, cow dung, turkey crap, quail feathers, compost, and at present squashed rotting crab apples.

The cows in the field are the only things to admire my wellies and they don't give a monkeys whether they cost £20, £10 or £300. And when you are walking in cow dung trying to rescue the farmer's bull (worth a few £100) which has looped its nose ring over the top of your cast iron fence, been there all night, can't move and is obviously in great pain and starving, you do not want to be wearing anything you'll regret getting damaged or you don't want ankle deep in dung and mud...

[seasprout]

And when you are walking in cow dung trying to rescue the farmer's bull (worth a few £100) which has looped its nose ring over the top of your cast iron fence, been there all night, can't move and is obviously in great pain and starving, you do not want to be wearing anything you'll regret getting damaged or you don't want ankle deep in dung and mud...

You sound like you speak from experience, hope it all worked out ok.


Moo.

[bubblewrap]

The only problem I have with cheap wellies is the string through the top holding the two together, it's always too short and I keep tripping up!

Try using elastic then.

[Alison]

I saw some stupidly expensive boots at Tatton show last summer, they were some fancy hand stitched leather things. Looked comfy but very poncey and although they had a lot of people looking at their demo showing how water tight they were, I think most of them were like me and just wondering if anybody actually spent that much on footwear.

[bubblewrap]

I saw some stupidly expensive boots at Tatton show last summer, they were some fancy hand stitched leather things. Looked comfy but very poncey and although they had a lot of people looking at their demo showing how water tight they were, I think most of them were like me and just wondering if anybody actually spent that much on footwear.

If people are daft enough to pay out a fortune for flash wellies the some one will make/sell them

[wellie]

People don't give you a name like 'Wellie' for 'Not doing what it says on the tin!!'

Having truly 'lived' in Hunters, I've even surprised myself to now being a converted lace-up Isle Jacobsen girl after being generously given them as my Prezzie last Christmas by the man that I love, which, coming from the heart, carries no price tag.....

[Alison]

People don't give you a name like 'Wellie' for 'Not doing what it says on the tin!!'

Having truly 'lived' in Hunters, I've even surprised myself to now being a converted lace-up Isle Jacobsen girl after being generously given them as my Prezzie last Christmas by the man that I love, which, coming from the heart, carries no price tag.....

Jacobsen???? You've lost me, take it that they are one of the expensive brands we're talking about? (Although not to you seeing as yours were a generous gift )

[sewer rat]

I have several pairs of wellies - two pairs are safety wellies with ribbed ankle and shin protectors and steel toe caps. My third and it has to be said, most comfortable and warmest pair are a pair of leather lined, full length zipped Le Chameau wellies. This particular model retails at £230 Now I have to admit that my safety wellies were a bargain at £11, but my posh wellies were the best - free from the Laird of the castle I was working on the renovation of. He didn't want them as they had a bleach stain on the toe of the left boot !

[Birdie Wife]

I have to admit to owning a pair of Le Chameau wellies... well, the £45 ones anyway.... I do live in a peat bog after all!! They are really comfy, grippy, don't slip at all, and I can walk all day in comfort. I think if I had the money to spare, I would think about getting some of the leather lace-up ones - they'll last a lifetime... I am usually quite tight with cash, but some things are worth the investment, if you're going to get a lot of use out of them. Not that I have that sort of money, and even if I did, I'd probably think of better things to spend it on...

[Madasafish]

>Seasprout
Thanks yes: a stout rope tied to fence round rear of bull and looped round other side of bull and round fence: pulled him closer to fence so I could lift his head enough to pull the ring off.
He was very weak, went down on his knees, panted for 30 secs then slowly and unsteadily walked out of the 50cm furrows of mud he had made trying to get free. Started grazing still looking weak.

Now fine...

[shirlthegirl43]

>Seasprout
Thanks yes: a stout rope tied to fence round rear of bull and looped round other side of bull and round fence: pulled him closer to fence so I could lift his head enough to pull the ring off.
He was very weak, went down on his knees, panted for 30 secs then slowly and unsteadily walked out of the 50cm furrows of mud he had made trying to get free. Started grazing still looking weak.

Now fine...

Well done you! Bet you were shaking even more than the bull was!

[JennieAtkinson]

Hunters for me as I seem to live in wellie boots and I find them really comfortable as they have a bit of a heel. But my heavens what a price they are these days! I'm sure my last pair weren't that expensive - £55 seems to be the current price.