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At the moment, cheap walking boots from decathlon - £20, very comfy but they do get caked up with mud. 

If I could find a place that did size 3 rigger/steel toecapped boots I'd definitely get some. Any ideas? 

Wellies in the winter, Timberland type boots  for the rest of the year esp when digging or cutting the grass and sandals in the summer  -but your feet can get a bit muddy if you don't aim straight with the watering can!

Quote from: Tin Shed on March 12, 2007, 19:57:34
your feet can get a bit muddy if you don't aim straight with the watering can!

Hate that muddy flip flop thing!
It's been pair of old walking boots for me. I know my funky wellies won't last down there so haven't even bothered. Want some nice cat style boots for down the lottie I think, as grazing the side of my foot with the fork when I went down in trainers at the weekend made me jump!  :o

Quote from: Tin Shed on March 12, 2007, 19:57:34
Wellies in the winter, Timberland type boots  for the rest of the year esp when digging or cutting the grass and sandals in the summer  -but your feet can get a bit muddy if you don't aim straight with the watering can!

Is watering can a euphemism? - Feet astride and give it some pressure man  ;D

Behave yourself beach lover!

Rolling in it RC...fat chance.  They were on special in TKMax before Christmas - rrp £99.00, he paid £49.99.  I got them for Christmas and as I do gardening for work as well as fun, he felt it important I have a good supporting, weather proof pair of sturdy boots.

ankle wellies at the mo, sandals in summer, I don't do digging  ;D, if I'm doing anything heavier than a watering can, I get told off as i shouldn't

Quote from: beachlover on March 12, 2007, 21:54:12

Quote from: Tin Shed on March 12, 2007, 19:57:34
Wellies in the winter, Timberland type boots  for the rest of the year esp when digging or cutting the grass and sandals in the summer  -but your feet can get a bit muddy if you don't aim straight with the watering can!

Is watering can a euphemism? - Feet astride and give it some pressure man  ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on March 12, 2007, 22:53:47
They were on special in TKMax before Christmas - rrp £99.00, he paid £49.99.

I got my gardening boots from TKMax a few years ago â€" nice pair of Blundstones for £30 ;D!

Old flat, "sensible" leather shoes that get relegated from office wear, to mufti wear, to allotment wear. They get abused till they get too leaky (nowt wrong with a mudde pair of socks that a washing machine can't fix!) then are eventaully binned. Have got a pair of old trainers for wet weather.

I have terrible trouble with:
- finding wellies to fit instep and calf while not becoming a flapping pool of rubber at the ankle.
- tucking my jeans in (socks never hold them in for long and bicyle clips are uncomfortable)
- justifying spending wods of dosh on shoes just for the allotment.  I may be a laydee but I'm not one of the shoe-laden variety!

Rigger boots i wear them all the time in allotment nice and warm to

Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on March 12, 2007, 22:53:47
Rolling in it RC...fat chance.  They were on special in TKMax before Christmas - rrp £99.00, he paid £49.99.  I got them for Christmas and as I do gardening for work as well as fun, he felt it important I have a good supporting, weather proof pair of sturdy boots.

Wish I had been to TK-Max.  My TNF boots (RRP £135 paid £45 from CMM in Nottingham) are to last me another five years but at that pirce I think I would have been in there like a shot :) Always get my sunglasses from TK-Max - last pair RRP £110, paid £18 - don't give a fig if they are (soooooo) last year('s) ;D

Iwear     full  wellies in the winter and ankle wellies in the summer for the lotie

Sorry for the "watering can" quip  ;D
I think I am moving towards rigger boots for the digging and winter/spring and then a pair of cheap walking boots for the summer. I like the idea of foot protection and not getting holed or tetanus, so flip flops and trainers just sound a bit iffy to me, but thanks to eeryone for helping out and chipping in

I don't dig much as I use raised beds. However, I do need a good pair of waterproof boots and wellies are sooooo cold. I'm considering buying some fleece-lined boots from Cotton Traders which are currently on offer.  See http://www.cottontraders.co.uk/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=450
Has anyone tried these and if so do you like them?

I'm wearing cheapo wellies at the mo but always 'double sock' - can't stand having cold feet!  Double socking is the way to go  ;)