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AndrewB
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Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 17:53:43 »
Anyone know where to get decent gardening boots from, not wellies. I have beem using cheap walking boots but the soles are quite thin and they have started to leak.
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amphibian
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 18:05:03 »
I like rigger boots myself; warm, rugged and waterproof.
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monkey puzzle
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 18:14:34 »
You could try workwear stockists for steel toecap boots. Cheapest I've seen is around £13 and as with everything, the sky's the limit.
I think you can also get boots with a reinforced instep if you're into lots of digging.
I wear a cheap pair of steel toecaps and a right sight I look too.
Happy Shopping!
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Robert_Brenchley
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 18:22:56 »
Wellies for me, as I never know when I'm going to need to go into the stream at the bottom. But I'd agree that steel toecaps would be a good idea.
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Mimi
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 18:28:11 »
I use old walking/climbing boots....not mine of course but daughters offcasts. ;)
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Gardenantics
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 18:38:04 »
Get your old boots fitted with a clog sole at Walkleys Clogs in Mytholmroyd near Halifax W. Yorks. I don't know if they do mail order, but being Yorkshiremen they will if there's a profit in it. If anyone is interested in the idea, I will pop in next time I'm passing and put it to them, they are very helpful and friendly, I'm sure they would.
Brian
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AndrewB
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 19:40:45 »
Thanks for the ideas everyone, what are riggerboots?
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amphibian
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 20:07:02 »
Quote from: AndrewB on March 09, 2006, 19:40:45
Thanks for the ideas everyone, what are riggerboots?
They are normally fur lined (warm in winter and not sweaty in summer) with steel toe and sole, meaning stamping on a spade is not felt on the instep as with wellies (good if you have a heavy soil).
Good range
here
, from £21, though you can get them cheaper.
Oh and as they are safety wear they are VAT exampt, which makes them very cheap for leather boots of such quality.
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AndrewB
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 09, 2006, 20:38:26 »
Thanks, I think they are the fellas for me
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paddyx
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 11, 2006, 20:12:20 »
I used to have some firemans wellies from army surplus - steel toecaps. I currently wear expensive gortex fell-running boots; waterproof and warm and comfy, a real struggle to put on, and carry off a ton of clay when I walk home!
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grawrc
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Re: Gardening Boots
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March 11, 2006, 21:36:43 »
Mmm and they come in size 5 too.. :)
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