@mikeymustard, I used to wear Berghaus walking boots, but now prefer North Face Hedgehog Fastpack shoes - they get varied reports on A*azon but I've always found them comfortable, with good grip and they are waterproof, despite what others say!
@BenCotto - I had a much loved pair of walking boots just like that! No idea where they are now . I wear an old pair of Hotter shoes similar to these: But a lot muddier! If it's v.wet I wear wellies, but they generally live in the back of the car so aren't always to hand. I also wear knee pads - can't get on with a kneeling mat at all. And I have a great big woolly jumper I wear that I bought over 20 years ago that must have acrylic or something in it because it has worn so well and keeps me very warm.
I've got some ancient slip on trainers that I usually wear. I'm rarely doing anything heavy duty but if I am I've got some more robust old walking shoes, or steel toe work boots if there's anything really big to deal with.
I wear an old pair of hiking boots for the wet or heavy work and crocs when it is fine and dry. When younger I often used to garden bare foot but no longer. The last time I wore wellies was several years ago. When I was ready to come indoors I couldn't get the right one off, my foot has swollen so much due to ankle surgery, a joint replacement, I had to lay on the sofa with my leg up along the back for a couple of hours, waiting for the swelling to go down, before I could prise the boot off. I have never worn wellies since.
I agree with you both about wellies @Joyce Goldenlily and @JennyJ - I have broken my right ankle twice😒and struggle to get wellies off, thinking a third break might the result of the struggle!
Footwear? Nope, bare foot all the way. I got used to running around barefoot as a kid and somehow never stopped. The OH wears the half-welly boots and whinges about walking over pyracantha cuttings. It does take a solid hour of scrubbing to get all the mud etc. off at the end of the day (no gloves either). Therapist says it's an autistic thing, but it just seems normal to me. Oh, and I don't garden in the winter because I don't like chilblains.
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I wear an old pair of Hotter shoes similar to these:
But a lot muddier! If it's v.wet I wear wellies, but they generally live in the back of the car so aren't always to hand.
I also wear knee pads - can't get on with a kneeling mat at all. And I have a great big woolly jumper I wear that I bought over 20 years ago that must have acrylic or something in it because it has worn so well and keeps me very warm.
The last time I wore wellies was several years ago. When I was ready to come indoors I couldn't get the right one off, my foot has swollen so much due to ankle surgery, a joint replacement, I had to lay on the sofa with my leg up along the back for a couple of hours, waiting for the swelling to go down, before I could prise the boot off.
I have never worn wellies since.
My missus can't stand them and they don't even fit so I just stand on the heel.
If it's really filthy work, the Muck Boots come out.