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Where I grew up we were lucky enough to have a thousand hectares or so of bushland across the street. I was over there most afternoons after school and most weekends. But I think the first pair of BOOTS I got was when I started high school. I think I was probably barefoot most of the time.
One time I stood on a rusty nail (on a plank) in a muddy creek that went most of the way through my foot - nothing a tetanus injection wouldn't fix.
And no, I am not an old bugger like JDNSW :p
buy cheap basketball boots and attack the soles with an angle grinder to give em some grip :)
Gee thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by isuzurover
John
yeah there is... but you need to buy superceeded models - well I guess it depends on your definition of cheap... but to me anything under $50 for good quality shoes is cheap, you can definitely get these in larger stores when the 'seasonal collection' changes over...Quote:
Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus
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http://www.meindl.de/english/
the arlberg model for kids costs about A$80 here -too much?
www.hi-tec.com also have kids models but I dunno if you can get em where you are... worst case ask the store to order them in for you?
Just kidding mate...Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Well I think you are 30-40 years older than me??? ;)
Strangely enough, we found a better selection of kids walking boots while in Oz than we do here in the UK.
We bought our kids a couple of pairs while out in Melbourne and found that the stores that specialise in kids shoes i.e. Clarks carried the best range.
As for usage.. Well, at the ages of 5 & 3, my pair were happilly walking >5Km and completely wore out a pair of walking boots in <6mths. :D
HTH
M