SamTreated myself to a new pair of shoes after realising my current pair were doing me no favours on recent walks. Bought a pair of #Sorel, reduced from £110 to £77 🛍️
When ordering the Sorel I also picked up a pair of Salomon and planned on only keeping the one pair but my goodness these are like walking on clouds. I’m trying to justify keeping them knowing that we’ll get a lot of wet weather even in Spring/Summer 🤔
Paul Stockton@purplelime Keep, I go on the basis it doesn't matter how much you pay for footwear if they are really comfortable. I've switched to the On Cloud brand last year and they are the comfiest I've ever known, totally worth the price.
Alexandra 
@purplelime Shelves them for next year, that's what we do when we've bought a bargain. Because, by next year, everything will be dearer, right?
@alexandra yes that’s a very good way of looking at it. Everything is increasing year on year.
@purplelime We've done this since before Covid and, I can tell you, I'm glad we did, because for those first couple of covid years when no one could get anything, we had a stash of everything. Including toilet rolls.
Lee Peterson (LJPUK)I’ve gone through so many trainers lately to find a pair that worked. I ended up on HOKA.
@ljpuk yeah I struggled to find ones that were more urban than sporty, but the trouble is the urban/city ones are rarely waterproof.
I ended up adding a waterproof spray to mine. I know it’s not as good but it’ll do maybe.
Leanne J@ljpuk Hoka are SO good. I wore my previously super-comfy Nikes the other day and it felt like walking on concrete in comparison 😂 My physiotherapist also highly rates Hoka for their knee and back support. And with a back injury I can agree with that. Recently did a trip to Disneyland Paris wearing my Hoka Clifton 9s and didn’t have sore feet at all - unheard of.
They are great. I wear them with orthotics as I have back issues. I was wearing a 9 year old pair of NIKE. I went through ON and Saucony to get there. I have Speedgoat 6.
@purplelime I had Sorel highly recommended to me for their winter boots, so had my eye on a pair when my current ones aren’t usable.