Mother of invention (33/365)

[white_hart]

I was going to walk through the woods to Thrupp this morning, but the squelchy bits of the woods turned out to be under deep enough water that walking through in walking boots didn't seem like a good idea.



Given that it doesn't seem to be inclined to stop raining any time soon, and everything is utterly waterlogged, I had been wondering anyway if switching to wellies would be a better idea. The only problem with wellies is that my socks always disappear inside them, which is (a) uncomfortable and (b) chilly. (I can't wear socks that are long enough to fold over the tops of the wellies, because although they're very roomy on my feet and ankles they're too tight on my calves for that. Also, I only wear hand-knitted socks and knee socks would take forever to knit.)

However, I think I may have solved the problem, as I have now bought some velcro cable ties which are long enough to wrap round my ankles and wear as sock clips. (I'd been meaning to get some anyway, as last week in the snow my Yaktrax kept pinging off so I had to retrace my steps and retrieve them.) I shall find out if they work tomorrow.

(Also, I don't even want to know why Amazon thinks it's important to say that they will arrive by Valentine's Day. T just bought a new phone which said that, and I can see that people who celebrate Valentine's Day might by new phones for the people they celebrate it with, but I don't want to think too much about the implications of cable ties being a Valentine's Day purchase, thank you very much.)

Comments

[norfolkian]

There is so much mud everywhere, isn't there? I have the problem of my calves being too big for things too.

[white_hart]

Last winter I gave up on walking in January and didn't start again until March because of all the mud. I think this winter is even worse but with no other options I need to keep walking.

[cmcmck]

That's a stunning pic, soggy or not! ::o)

[white_hart]

Thank you!

[mrs_redboots]

Sorry, but your last sentence made me laugh out loud. When I was a little girl (long ago, when dinosaurs walked the earth), we used elastic garters to keep our socks in place. At their most basic, nothing more than loops of 2 cm wide (well, 1", back then) elastic the diameter of one's leg, with the ends sewn together. That might work, too. But wellies are not ideal for long walks, so you may have to either split it in two and do half first thing and the other half in your lunch break, or accept you can't walk quite so far while it's so wet. As my mother said yesterday, we'll probably have a drought this spring/summer!

[white_hart]

Well, elastic would have worked too, but I can't get the sewing machine out until the weekend and I wanted velcro straps for my Yaktrax anyway.

I don't have time for long walks in the mornings - I'm only doing three to three and a half miles every day. And I can't split it in two because (a) we're only supposed to exercise once a day and (b) that would mean spending the morning in a muddy field some distance from my house!

[mrs_redboots]

I don't think we ever used a sewing-machine to do the garters - just a 1/2" overlap, oversewn round the edges, took all of 5 minutes by hand... even for me! I wish I had the energy to do 3-3.5 miles each day! I'm trying to get fit, but right now I'm in a soggy puddle on the sofa having walked <2 km yesterday! Must get up and go to Lidl (all of 150 metres away), but can't find the energy....