Shooting Times & Country

New boots at sensible prices

It is a curious thing. Ask the average countryman or woman about weighty matters such as rural housing policy, the price of diesel, or even, “Is it OK to watch Countryfile while you wait for the weather forecast?” and, on the whole, the response is moderate in tone and conservatively phlegmatic.

However, there is one sure-fire topic that enrages the rustic above all others. Declare that your favoured brand of wellington boot surpasses another’s and before you can say “Aigle”, you are ‘dukes up’ and toe-to-toe on the cobbles.

It is, therefore, with no little trepidation that I write this review. To add to the frisson of excitement, none of the boots on trial

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