tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post5195234137602366935..comments2023-10-01T13:11:10.917+01:00Comments on FellBound: FootwearFellBoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-88233562475782607402014-09-15T15:26:48.654+01:002014-09-15T15:26:48.654+01:00Hi Alan
I may look at the Chameleons.
What gets me...Hi Alan<br />I may look at the Chameleons.<br />What gets me, and I suppose the point of the blog post above, is that it always used to be straightforward. I had a single pair of boots. i took them. Now I um and ah and still can get sore toes or heels or ankles. I wish i could find the right footwear for me. Perhaps they still do Spanish Fell Boots at Millets....FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-58260943876756405282014-09-03T20:01:25.416+01:002014-09-03T20:01:25.416+01:00I can relate to your footwear dilemma and foot/toe...I can relate to your footwear dilemma and foot/toe/ankle issues. I have the same and also tendonitis and torn calf muscles. I too have used numerous boots, trail shoes etc. I found that a <br />Lightweight mid height boot gives me the best of both worlds. I am currently using Merrell Chameleons 5 MIDs, but there are numerous other offerings out there which are similar.<br />On the TGO Challenge this year I didn't have 1 foot problem. I put it down to the Merrell's.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-80284411664528863472014-08-25T18:33:27.227+01:002014-08-25T18:33:27.227+01:00Still brilliant. And the cleggs must have been alm...Still brilliant. And the cleggs must have been almost as big as Dave. FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-85427625142687490302014-08-25T18:21:01.559+01:002014-08-25T18:21:01.559+01:00My Brother Dave was twelve...
Mind you, we only go...My Brother Dave was twelve...<br />Mind you, we only got as far as Hadrian's Wall, and gave up knackered and soaked. When it wasn't raining we were eaten alive by cleggs. <br />It was ghastly.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-25358246511501525582014-08-25T18:14:35.633+01:002014-08-25T18:14:35.633+01:00Corrected and correct in consecutive sentences. My...Corrected and correct in consecutive sentences. My brain is clearly still scrambled. FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-49470114218132938082014-08-25T18:12:03.821+01:002014-08-25T18:12:03.821+01:00I stand corrected. You are absolutely correct. In ...I stand corrected. You are absolutely correct. In my defence I did type this at about 5 in the morning so was not at my best :-) You were very young when you did the Pennine Way. I am in awe. FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-22722965526363677842014-08-25T15:13:39.858+01:002014-08-25T15:13:39.858+01:00Ahem
I think you'll find they were TUF work bo...Ahem<br />I think you'll find they were <i>TUF</i> work boots.<br />I had a pair of them - did the Pennine way in them when I was 14. <br />:-)<br />Then I moved on to my much-missed Scarpa Bronzos...Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-45855046352634539882014-08-24T07:53:01.929+01:002014-08-24T07:53:01.929+01:00Hi John
I remember my Spanish Fell Boots leaking ...Hi John<br /><br />I remember my Spanish Fell Boots leaking like a sieve in deep snow on hills above Llangollen with the Scouts. I don't think any youth group would be allowed out in this day and age as ill prepared as we were that day. Your mention of Czech boots is bringing back a vague memory that I too had some. But not with good communist coloured laces though. FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257326944769558416.post-29237820312837471902014-08-23T15:58:56.365+01:002014-08-23T15:58:56.365+01:00Spanish Fell Boots ! And here's me thinking I ...Spanish Fell Boots ! And here's me thinking I was the only person who'd ever heard of them. When I first started walking as a nipper my parents kiited me out with a pair. They were a sort of felt/suede like desert doot affair, I spent many an hour treating them with dubbin in an effort to stop them leaking like a colander. Alas they also had terrible overlapped seams inside which rubbed my feet raw and so I eventually upgraded to a pair of Czech made leather boots with credible red laces more befitting a junior mountain goat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298215339426733968noreply@blogger.com