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patch
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15 years ago

#21

The wellies or the sheep? 😉

Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the damn thing yourself

simonrl
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15 years ago

#22

Been using something like this http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/details.php?cat=Safety%20Wellingtons&product=25282 for a while (can't remeber what I paid for them but it wasn't that much).

But if you spend a lot of time exploring in slate I don't think it's worth spending a lot of money on wellies, they will get cut, all mine are!

Not tried boots + wetsocks, but it sounds a good idea.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

steve turbo
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15 years ago

#23

im glad that other people are slicing there wellies ,i thought it was just me ,but as been said slate is a bit sharp , last year i nearly cut my thumb off clearing a collapse.

simonrl
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15 years ago

#24

I think if your interest is mainly slate then you're going to get wet feet every trip... either you'll go over critical welly depth or you'll slice your wellies and you'll get wet feet anyway!

Wet feet will be the making of us 😉

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

bri hache
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15 years ago

#25

RJV it could be the fact that of all the trips ive been on with you, they have always just emerged from the garage still wet from the last trip.

minerat
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15 years ago

#26

couldnt tell the difference, both as tough as "OLD BOOTS" !!

be afraid.....very afraid !!!!

JonK
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15 years ago

#27

Steel toe cap boots and knee length wet socks gives a good grip and decent protection. Can't beat them except when they freeze solid after leaving them wet in the van!

Brakeman
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15 years ago

#28

"steve turbo" wrote:
im glad that other people are slicing there wellies ,i thought it was just me ,but as been said slate is a bit sharp , last year i nearly cut my thumb off clearing a collapse.

Sharp! I'll say it's sharp, I brushed my knuckle across a thin piece whilst digging a drain in my garden, I cut right through the tendon on my second finger, had to go hospital to have it joined back together, had a very limp finger for a day.. :blink:

The management thanks you for your co operation.

Captain Scarlet
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15 years ago

#29

"Brakeman" wrote:
had a very limp finger for a day.. :blink:

Christ.. that would be disatrous for me with all the enemies I have.. :lol:

STANDBY FOR ACTION!!!!...

Tamarmole
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15 years ago

#30

I tend to use Dunlops, they seem to last a couple of years. I keep a good pair for work, when they split they become caving wellies. I've always thought that wellies with holes in were a bonus as they let the water out - none of that daft lifting the leg up to the bum business.

In the past I have used a pair of kevlar chainsaw wellies which were fantastic. The only problem (apart from the cost) was that they were incredibly difficult to get off - it required one person to hold me and another to pull.

Last time I was in Bogey Knights (well known Plymouth surplus shop) they had ex Fire Brigade wellies at about £15 - £20 a throw which look worth a punt, very heavy duty, steel toe caps and really useful looking hoops to pull the things on with

derrickman
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15 years ago

#31

those fire brigade boots are great, can't beat them for working in concrete or chemical slurry environments.

Dunlops are good but they don't tend to fit that well, so if it's cold and you are trying to wear thick socks they are a problem, for me anyway

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

DylanW
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15 years ago

#32

Must say i hate wearing wellies- especially underground! Sealskin socks and boots for me everytime (or most ften than not just boots!)

A sibrydodd yn welw ei wedd, rhowch garrag las ar fy medd, o chwaral y Penrhyn, lle''r euthym yn blentyn i''r gwaith.

Monty Stubble
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15 years ago

#33

Currently using some French caving wellies. Good tread, hard-wearing and essentially - no lining. Just pour the water out and they're dry. Pair of knee length wet suit socks and the job's complete.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau

hippie nixon
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15 years ago

#34

my self i cant wear wellies they just to uncomfy for me.

and always wore magnum style military boots while hiking and all that but no idea what they will be like in caves and mines as yet

Tamarmole
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15 years ago

#35

Just treated myself to a pair of ex firebrigade wellies - £11 -50, (secondhand, although the pair I got look unused). They are superb.

Red_Shift
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15 years ago

#36

I swear by wellies. The problem with hiking boots is the little hooks for the laces. I managed to get the thin wire from my electron ladder caught in them once whilst descending a shaft, and I've not worn hiking boots since. Holding onto the ladder with one hand whilst tring to free your boot with the other is not fun!

Morlock
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15 years ago

#37

I think I have the wrong type of feet for wellies, 😉 always found external steel toecap boots and wool socks or wetsocks much more comfy.

Edit: Not done much slate though!

Wormster
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15 years ago

#38

Dickies steel toecap wellies 'n wetsocks are teh go! :thumbsup:

Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done.