Made for walking?

By: Mike


These boots are made for walking - but for how much longer?  In the deluge above Hunter's Inn I felt dampness under my feet for the first time.  When I took the boots off that night my socks were damp and there was a definite gap opening up between the sole and the upper. Poor old boots.  They have carried me many many miles with never a single blister. They did Offa's Dyke path with Sarah - all those stiles.  And all those mountains in Greece. Pyramidos, Gingelos, Profitas Ilias and the rest. I bought them in a rush leaving the Opera House after work one afternoon on my way to Paddington for the Chepstow train.  The first Offas Dyke walking diary is dated April 1996, so the boots are 23 years old.  They were made by Meindl of Kirchanschöring in Bavaria.  They claim to have started making boots in 1683. Is this an endorsement?  Make your own mind up.

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