Topic: Gardening Boots

[AndrewB]

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.

[amphibian]

I like rigger boots myself; warm, rugged and waterproof.

[monkey puzzle]

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!

[Robert_Brenchley]

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.

[Mimi]

I use old walking/climbing boots....not mine of course but daughters offcasts. ;)

[Gardenantics]

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

[AndrewB]

Thanks for the ideas everyone, what are riggerboots?

[amphibian]

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.

[AndrewB]

Thanks, I think they are the fellas for me

[paddyx]

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!

[grawrc]

Mmm and they come in size 5 too.. :)