tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13399841941627556652024-03-05T00:49:51.856-08:00(Re)discover the SkirtRediscover the Skirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612685335913620366noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339984194162755665.post-59735167045681332322021-10-01T06:35:00.002-07:002021-10-01T09:23:55.198-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">How waterproof are the new boots? </span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHfL26xym7zUOsmFm4XPRUlvm5nATOcKTDqCyAhC_Qcr3KsdKeicqwvOxaZOtqG0QvWolmPTv2DXiyGZDUvoikz6UnxLZb5ScNdiuEpx1F7rjIvzctt4HIWQF3vAttsjU5n61KDXYbLk/s348/in+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="272" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHfL26xym7zUOsmFm4XPRUlvm5nATOcKTDqCyAhC_Qcr3KsdKeicqwvOxaZOtqG0QvWolmPTv2DXiyGZDUvoikz6UnxLZb5ScNdiuEpx1F7rjIvzctt4HIWQF3vAttsjU5n61KDXYbLk/s320/in+water.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">During the summer I had the chance to test the "waterproofness" of my new walking or country boots. Here's a video. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was recorded in slow motion so that I could have a good look at how close the water came to the top, so you may want to switch to x2 for viewing.</span></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-bb362124-7fff-a94d-0383-39977fb1a461"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='410' height='234' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyXchFZR5WP8nnxnTxxeV9BxBm9XycVD199nKev57mkrKuabKOeMlIkfurIFOJbS9r3NkbQ19VOx-bgcobRhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d16ede09-7fff-5177-891f-21856b4f34b0"><p style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They turned out to be perfectly watertight. Obviously after a while the water would begin to soak into the leather, and going in too deep would overtop them, as there's no drawstring at the top to prevent it. That's why I moved slowly, testing the depth at each step with my thumbstick.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="white-space: normal;" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But altogether I'm very happy with them.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Rediscover the Skirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612685335913620366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339984194162755665.post-1212349713779988992021-03-09T11:34:00.000-08:002021-03-09T11:34:39.397-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">End of the road for favourite boots, and arrival of new ones.</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After more than 30 years my favourite tall and rugged leather boots have reached the end of their useful life. Letting in water, split and detaching soles, failed seams and after many patch-ups, it's time to replace them.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJVFnfOGzYulRIQujnWBlpyLC0ScdI5jUiBbfYvSBgEq_rrZssC3M0tlSp-yhQq5dzDSaanVB4pLhcMUFjOcTt8ZQ4HYNFSi7dt4tVA2eFaUpKZTnlIwbmRsRHf-IOrcPx7Fvy0EsfTE/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJVFnfOGzYulRIQujnWBlpyLC0ScdI5jUiBbfYvSBgEq_rrZssC3M0tlSp-yhQq5dzDSaanVB4pLhcMUFjOcTt8ZQ4HYNFSi7dt4tVA2eFaUpKZTnlIwbmRsRHf-IOrcPx7Fvy0EsfTE/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYcki6lprAI7tQbM3WBYkVLO9xjFcn4L5hKJc0LnM4mN_5JCVjBjRnmB4dDYIpaEsYdUBoKb_XWS5b6NJ0ojvbD0tYJaWGVFm1W8pAY4uvf8FR7mkFRQR5myE1ewNptaOJFa4aJmeWa4/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYcki6lprAI7tQbM3WBYkVLO9xjFcn4L5hKJc0LnM4mN_5JCVjBjRnmB4dDYIpaEsYdUBoKb_XWS5b6NJ0ojvbD0tYJaWGVFm1W8pAY4uvf8FR7mkFRQR5myE1ewNptaOJFa4aJmeWa4/w170-h400/image.png" width="170" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJVFnfOGzYulRIQujnWBlpyLC0ScdI5jUiBbfYvSBgEq_rrZssC3M0tlSp-yhQq5dzDSaanVB4pLhcMUFjOcTt8ZQ4HYNFSi7dt4tVA2eFaUpKZTnlIwbmRsRHf-IOrcPx7Fvy0EsfTE/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJVFnfOGzYulRIQujnWBlpyLC0ScdI5jUiBbfYvSBgEq_rrZssC3M0tlSp-yhQq5dzDSaanVB4pLhcMUFjOcTt8ZQ4HYNFSi7dt4tVA2eFaUpKZTnlIwbmRsRHf-IOrcPx7Fvy0EsfTE/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a><h3></h3><h4><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJVFnfOGzYulRIQujnWBlpyLC0ScdI5jUiBbfYvSBgEq_rrZssC3M0tlSp-yhQq5dzDSaanVB4pLhcMUFjOcTt8ZQ4HYNFSi7dt4tVA2eFaUpKZTnlIwbmRsRHf-IOrcPx7Fvy0EsfTE/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They've done well considering the number of times they've been soaked in rivers and the sea... </span></a></h4></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsXgVCo9R-bAsOri0FRbsOU21LTEbq3HDPiKyQFjEO5dQA0MICwWjUZGvo3SX0p-u1OAHHed5HMqUvinKIrB1TDdtbqe0WZaex3YFLWWarVTAD7gou6Vj7xWB7PAZ4HeeLE4m3-KdMY4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="466" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsXgVCo9R-bAsOri0FRbsOU21LTEbq3HDPiKyQFjEO5dQA0MICwWjUZGvo3SX0p-u1OAHHed5HMqUvinKIrB1TDdtbqe0WZaex3YFLWWarVTAD7gou6Vj7xWB7PAZ4HeeLE4m3-KdMY4/" width="266" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG5nIHtcQRG3uYnd0_CnI7BwhvPw7tMNN2T4IUUp6d2Z35hzDv-HZGYnYBoQ5MOM0WGuei_O8dwRep-y_sOpfUWgWrEUFdnzJhqxDrmVfCKRHCMONePSL1HStKLrgAfPejptNURi7WyA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="325" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG5nIHtcQRG3uYnd0_CnI7BwhvPw7tMNN2T4IUUp6d2Z35hzDv-HZGYnYBoQ5MOM0WGuei_O8dwRep-y_sOpfUWgWrEUFdnzJhqxDrmVfCKRHCMONePSL1HStKLrgAfPejptNURi7WyA/" width="163" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">And here's their replacement...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Shires Moretta Nella fully waterproof 18" tall leather boots.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlkne5dD5Yq9NqtRD9PbTeQYjtpsX0N-tfnZivK5Qw9gAxpIpLdMERIZHf5odbsE2QahSkgd9O30vMV2W7iSePW5unXKYfmoIhRWYyGgmKMyUnBwyM1eSpIVTePmbd-5a8RbMslNywIQ/s4096/IMG_20210309_090404186.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlkne5dD5Yq9NqtRD9PbTeQYjtpsX0N-tfnZivK5Qw9gAxpIpLdMERIZHf5odbsE2QahSkgd9O30vMV2W7iSePW5unXKYfmoIhRWYyGgmKMyUnBwyM1eSpIVTePmbd-5a8RbMslNywIQ/w240-h320/IMG_20210309_090404186.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t4qWDmsYTRxoBQo946VBTH825b2t6Al-KnJtQkWR2dYER9TUxiDxsdMX8kkvqPcf5Vba72OVikDSBBtUGT85tNjRHGkbLeENyci2Qk_eGeiFMeyeJg4aFxVpoTlk3twj9WnzhhRZ7ng/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t4qWDmsYTRxoBQo946VBTH825b2t6Al-KnJtQkWR2dYER9TUxiDxsdMX8kkvqPcf5Vba72OVikDSBBtUGT85tNjRHGkbLeENyci2Qk_eGeiFMeyeJg4aFxVpoTlk3twj9WnzhhRZ7ng/w158-h320/image.png" width="158" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They are a bit heavier than my old Viva La Diva boots, but much more rugged. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because of current travel restrictions, I've only been able to try them out on a few local walks, but look forward to getting a lot of use from them on future country and hill walks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Look out here for posts on these walks.</span></p>Rediscover the Skirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612685335913620366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339984194162755665.post-34018718253189514242019-01-01T00:37:00.001-08:002019-01-01T00:54:35.221-08:00Happy New Year 2019<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Happy New Year to all my readers. The weather has been very mild for the time of year, </span></h1>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Perhaps useful for winter weather, and many women do likewise, but once </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of styles at very little cost. Always remember to take a tape measure - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">This day, 10 March, is international Skirt Day - a day to wear and celebrate the skirt as the wonderful garment it is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">If you would like to celebrate Skirt Day, first put on a skirt or kilt, then you could go shopping to purchase a new skirt, sew your own special skirt, organize a get-together and ask your guests to come dressed in skirts, or simply go about your usual Saturday activities wearing a skirt or kilt. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I celebrated the day by first going to the Leith market for some food supplies. Then went on to a shopping park where I bought a denim button-front mini skirt at the Marks & Spencer clearance shop.</span></span></span></div>
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Rediscover the Skirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612685335913620366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339984194162755665.post-59952171505264023902017-03-22T11:23:00.000-07:002017-03-22T11:33:01.038-07:00Last summer...<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I haven't updated my blog in a while. I'm still wearing skirts most of the time, although the choice is a bit limited just now because of the weather here - close to zero degrees Celsius, wind and rain. But here are a few photos from warmer times last summer.</span><br />
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On Sunday I did a sponsored walk, to
raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland. I decided to do the walk wearing a black
cargo skirt. Got a few sideways looks, as you can see in this
photo taken by my wife as we set off. But mostly either ignored, or
approving smiles from the women.<br />
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However, in spite of it being a pleasant and mild day, I was just about the only <b><i>person</i></b> wearing a skirt. Come on <i>girls</i>, black leggings are not the only clothes, and <i>men </i>- if the girls don't appreciate the skirt, let's lead by example.</div>
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Rediscover the Skirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612685335913620366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339984194162755665.post-36036469679727393452015-02-19T14:47:00.001-08:002015-09-22T09:47:52.265-07:00<h2>
Rediscover the Skirt</h2>
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A celebration of the skirt as an item of clothing that seems to be going out of favour. An item of clothing equally suited to men and women.</h2>
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I have been wearing skirts at home whenever I liked for many years, But thanks to the internet, I soon discovered that I was by no means alone. So, timidly at first, I tried wearing a skirt in public, in quiet locations initially, like country walks.<br />
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Seeing that the odd person I encountered usually didn't notice, or didn't care, I became more confident, and now go almost anywhere wearing an appropriate skirt.<br />
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By appropriate, I mean if you like the look of your outfit in the mirror and it feels right for the occasion, fine. If it jars, or just doesn't look quite right, I don't go out in it.<br />
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A few basic points are worth
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Men don't need permission to wear
skirts, any more than women need permission to wear trousers (at
least here in the UK)</div>
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just do it and see what happens
(probably nothing)</div>
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you could start with a kilt, but
the usual questions like “what do you wear underneath?” and
“what tartan is that?”, and the cost and weight of the thing,
will quickly cause you to consider a utility kilt.
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Better. Avoids the silly
questions, and has pockets, but still quite heavy and expensive.</div>
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Cargo skirts (girls ones, found in
charity shops and on eBay for £5 or less) were to me the best
kind of skirt to start out wearing in public. Felt like I was
wearing cargo shorts, so felt natural, with all those useful
pockets.</div>
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I've since also worn denim skirts,
usually about knee-length, black leather skirts, and even colourful
patterned ones.</div>
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So why not give it a try?</div>
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Tags: #ClothingFreedom #wearwhatyouwant #skirtsformen #GenderNeutralClothing #RediscoverTheSkirt</div>
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