Boot toe repair

[KeithW]

A lot depends on the ground conditions:

Granite stone and rank heather are hard on the leather,
And a sour-water soak to good leather’s no joke,
Whilst thorn or wood-brash will try your boot cash
And peat bog and sour moss, of your boots will cause loss;
- If it’s all the above, then your boots require LOVE!

A potion that shields from abrasive excess,
And likewise the boggyland’s sour sodden mess,
And something you’ll find that comforts the rand
(- Although it may mess up one’s applying hand!)
Thornproof dressing by Barbour has aye seen me right,
Applied by (gloved) hand until shiny by sight,
then blown in with heat sufficient to glaze,
- But not heat so high that your boots catch ablaze!
Repeat this process when boots are as new,
To start them off well on their journey with you;

Please don’t force the leather by heat to dry out
Should river or stream or wet bog catch you out -
‘Tis better to have second pair to hand,
For consecutive days in intemperate land,
The better to let the wet first pair to dry,
In readiness now for your subsequent try;
Excess heat when drying will crack rand and leather,
Leaving socks and wee pinkies at risk of wet weather;
Better to let them dry natural-like
And give them a re-wax before your next hike;
Neglect of good leather is a stain on the man,
Suggesting the wearer is failing to plan,
And as night follows day one may safely deduce,
That their stockings and feet will soon squelch with bog juice!
Good boots - when well cared for - will carry one dry,
So it pays to look after them - give it a try!
And practice to dress as suggested above,
BEFORE your good hill boots cry out for some LOVE!

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Brilliant! All your own work or a bit of GAI?
I’ve used that stuff on a Barbour jacket before.

 

[Freeforester]

Sorry, what is GAI? The only GAI in the village here does not, as far as I know, pen rhymes about his boots! Then again, how would I know?

 

[KeithW]

Generative Artifical Intelligence.
You are quite the poet!

 

[Freeforester]

Generative Artifical Intelligence.
You are quite the poet!

Just because it rhymes, it doesn’t make it poetic, ask the others…