On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:16 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:40:03 +0000, Bob Minchin wrote:

2 pairs, one thin undersock to stay on your foot and move within a thick
sock which stays fairly fixed in the boot aided by being turned over the
top of the boot.

Thinking about what happens to socks with wellies on my feet it's the two
pairs that is the key. If I just have my ordinary socks on and put on
wellies to nip out in the wet the socks end up around my toes in a very
short space of time. If I put on a pair of ordinary short walking boot
socks over my ordinary sock everything stays in place.

I agree. I've virtually given up wearing 'dress' socks in favour of
proper walking socks (e.g. Brasher) which are more comfortable, last
much longer and stay in place on your lower limbs. What's more, you
can easily traipse around the house in 'stockinged feet' without
suffering too much from those odd cable clips, tin tacks, 13A plugs
and DIL ICs.

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Frank Erskine