Re: Boots
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:41:52 +0100, "Doki" <mrdoki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|So, following that massive preamble: Are these new style boots any good?
|Does the breathable bit actually breath? Do they actually last - I'll be
|walking mostly around the dark peak (or, if they last half as long as normal
|boots, are 2 pairs cheaper)? If not, can anyone recommend a pair of leather
|boots, preferably with a sticky Vibram sole as I fall over a lot, and as
|cheap as possible?
To drift the thread a bit, about walking footwear which doesn't last. When
I was in the RAF in Aden (South Yemen) I walked in plymsols, remember
them?, on volcanic cinders, which cut them into shreds in a couple of days
use. Back to Stores for another pair, and the never questioned the number
I got through.
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