if it wasn't for your wellies..where would you be?

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snooping around for a new thread, found one.
wellies, luv um. short ones,long ones, thin, fat or pretty pink garish ones,
actually, mine are green at the moment, Aigles, french stuff, did have pretty pink ones with
flowers, but they did n't like digging, or any form of vague gardening, more of a posers welly (were a present), bless......
so,
as you might of surmised, we have to thank the 1st duke of wellington (irish born,came from somerset) he who kicked
napoleons tush at waterloo, in the early 19thc.
field boots were made of hessian.uuoohh. smelly . wellington commissioned a knee high,
flat healed, calfskin, pull on, boot. went down a storm. plenty a 19thc dandy acquired them
for their wardrobe.
and then, charles goodyear (discovered vulcanization of rubber, improving elasticity with heat, sulfur & other things) met mr hutchinson(?). charles stayed in britain, and thus goodyear tyre's etc was founded, whilst mr hutchinson(?) came to france and made wellies for the poor serf farmers, of whom 95% were standing in muddy fields in clogs. bless. went down a storm.
mr hutchinson(?) named his new company "a la aigle", to the eagle, in memory of his homeland. now it's just "aigle". of which i have a pair on my feet. bless.
i can't really imagine how to improve them. they're sooooo comfortable, you forget your wearing them. have turned up at school, supermarkets, & cups of tea unaware i've forgot to change my shoes ;D, silly b*gger.
i can imagine when i go to the final big composter in the sky, (eehhh, gardeners heaven)
i hope i'm wearing them, huge big tartan red ones,with enormous happy pom poms on draw strings at the top, & pockets on the side, where i'd keep
my pruning knife in one, and another for my sectors.
customised wellies would be such an advancement in the garden. i know you can buy kitsch ones, but do they really work, real rubber works best. none of this nasty hard plastic, eehhh
any one luv their wellies? ;D

[farmersboy]

Yes

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dear fb
i expect wellington was a yes no kind of man,
well done, i can see a new rage on the football pitch, one ball 22 pairs of wellies, great game ;D

[Amo]

I prefer my ankle boots or slip ons. I wear the wellies down the farm with the dogs in the winter and that's about it. And I know you going to roll your eyes at me but, yes, they're the Le Chameau leather lined ones. I'm a size 8 with matching calves and they fit me wonderfully especially around the ankle.

[JennyWrenn]

Cant wear wellies - have high instep and they hurt and strain at my ankles after a while

Now if they brought out some wellies with a little heel I would be OK ;D

[Dutchy]

Wellies.
Oh yes.
I have three pair.
Decent rubber Winter wellies. With strenghtened bits so you don't twist your ankle when you slip on the wet clay.
Normal Summer wellies. The same as the Winter ones but not as solid.
And then there are my plastic ones.
Those are not for working but for being pretty.
I wear them when there is an opening of yet another work of art in a public yet wet space.
We have a lot of wet space here. And somewhere next month there is the opening of a conceptual park so the pink ( ah yes did I tell you? They are pink plastic wellies ) goes walking again.
We all are slightly mad when pretty comes into the equation are we not ;D

But when it is dry I have my clogs.
All wood Winter ones and pretty French open wood ones with a leather strap for Summer.
I wear them bare foot. The softnes of a well worn wooden clog.
Now there is something a wellie can't deliver.

[Weeterrier]

I don't wear wellies very often for gardening, but I don't actually know why. I have three pairs. The latest being a lovely floral pair from Lidl, which I'll keep for tramping over the long grass. Don't want to ruin them.
I wear an old pair of shoes mostly, easy to slip on and off.
That'll be it then, I'm too lazy to put my wellies on.

[borderbabe]

I'm not keen on wellies much but do have a pair of Dunlops. I prefer plastic clogs that I can slip on and off quickly. I'm with WT in that its too much effort to get wellies on and off!

[Plocket]

I don't like wellies either - they rub my instep and I can't stand them flapping about the back of my legs if I'm not wearing long trousers. I wear ankle boots, or crocs in the warmer weather. And if I'm going walking I wear proper walking boots, but they take too long to put on or take off if I'm pottering about in the garden.

[Missredhead]

I have wellyboots and wellyclogs......

I only wear the wellyclogs in the garden and the wellyboots out in the rain.

[nightowl]

Apr 15, 2008 7:18:16 GMT JennyWrenn said:

Cant wear wellies - have high instep and they hurt and strain at my ankles after a while

Now if they brought out some wellies with a little heel I would be OK ;D

I used to have a pair of high-heeled wellies Jenny, back in the late 70s I think. They were grey, with about 2in heel, and corduroy turnover tops!!!

[Amo]

Just for Jenny www.presentsdirect.com/go/Product_1001019.html;jsessionid=a9H2R8rJLtx5 Very sad and impractical but someones got to make them ;D ;D ;D

[Missredhead]

Yuk......they don't look quite right..