Longevity

[nightshade]

I have been forced (by the lioness) to go through my wardrobe and thin out my coats and body warmers etc.To my suprise most of the survivors of this
cull have been some of my oldest coats, nearly all natural fibres, wools, cottons and ditto mixes with manmade fbres.
The expensive manmade breathable,moisture wicking,designed by experts,
with added designer panache, are almost all duff after being used for 2-3 years How do you find the life of similar garments?A pair of locally made high tech trekking boots was failed after an argument withburied barbed wire tore them open, my leather daisy roots are only scratched

[StuartDH]

Reminds me of the time that Billy Connolly went to the Arctic and met some Eskimos and he was freezing.

They wet themselves with laughter when they saw all his latest Gortex and Thinsulate layers from his local camping shop. They got him to strip off and replaced his £2000 wardrobe with their own furs and he soon warmed up.

[nightshade]

I always fancied those beautiful boots they wear,muk luks?
I used to wear native american (redskins) moccasins when stalking animals
you could feel every twig and change of surface