If Only I Thought About Timberland Boots

If Only I Thought About Timberland Boots

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If I was writing this article in the more traditional method of quill and inkpot, then I'd almost certainly have blotted and shredded the page to a completely illegible point. You wouldn't even have been able to identify what I'd written by careful examination of its dental records.

As it turns out however, I'm not writing by candlelight on a sheath of grubby parchment, but instead have opted for the more accepted form of modern day scrivenery - a laptop. Well, at least it was a laptop until I mashed the keys so hard that they burrowed their way through the back of the machine and now nestle cosily on my lap. It's now more of a thigh-mounted graveyard for computer intestines.

There is actually a damn good reason for this seemingly unprovoked and malicious act of wanton rage and destruction. Allow me to share it with you. No, go on, I insist.

Around a week ago, a decision was made to furnish my feet with a new pair of outdoor boots. I'd had the same pair of Timberland boots for the best part of five years, and thought that the time was right to try something new. I did my usual research, scouring the internet's vast array of content, and poring over numerous magazines with pictures of men with beards adorning their covers.

I really liked the Premium Classic from Timberland boots, but didn't really want to spend more than fifty or sixty pounds. I made the decision to opt for a pair of what I thought, thanks to numerous reviews from aforementioned numerous men with beards, would be a solid, hard wearing and delightfully comfortable boots. I tried them on in a shop, found them comfortable enough, then returned to what was at that point a still fully functioning laptop to find the best price online.

A couple of days of patient waiting later, they arrived. I whipped them out of their box, fumbled around my sock drawer and booted myself up. I decided it was probably best to break them in with a gentle jaunt around my local riverside dog walking route, and set off with two small dogs in hand and two new boots on feet. They weren't nearly as good looking as the Timberland Boots, but they were here and I'd saved a few pennies so goddammit they were going to be the best damn boots I'd ever owned.

Barely even half an hour in to the walk and I was already experiencing problems. It wasn't a particularly balmy day, nor was I wearing a particularly heavy pair of socks, but my feet were so hot I was considering taking a detour past my local fire station as a precautionary measure. They were supposed to be breathable! I've encountered more breathable prophylactics! It really was like wearing a pair of waterproof pop tarts on my feet.

On that point, allow me to explain the real reason for my profoundly sinister annoyance. I'm not a particularly impatient or hot headed individual; I could've let the heat issue pass. But after walking through would could barely have been described as a puddle, I was instantly ready to start banging heads together. The water was so shallow you'd struggle to drown a flea in it, and it must have only just come over the soles of my boots, yet for some bizarre and hitherto unexplainable reason, they managed to suck up enough fluid to bathe a family of sparrows for at least couple of decades.

And you know what the worst thing was? If I had just stuck with what I knew, forked out the extra thirty or forty quid, I could've ended up with something that would have been infinitely better. I would've ended up with a pair of Timberland Boots.

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So the next time you're looking for footwear that's comfy and still scores high on the style meter, the magic of timberland boots is closer than you think. Just log on to www.shoes.co.uk.



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