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Hotfoot into the summer

When spring arrives, most of us are equipped with clothing suited to the change in weather. The heavy-duty Gore-Tex coats and leggings that shrugged off sleet and gales now hang in the wardrobe, replaced by lightweight fleeces and cotton trousers. However, this yearly switch to summer order of dress rarely applies to footwear. It would be fairto say that trudging about to check on rat traps and feeders while sporting a pair of Lacoste sliders is hardly practical and winter wellies will leave you with tootsies like moist camembert in pretty short order.

So what should we be pulling on to our feet when the temperatures rise and shadows shorten?

1 Härkila’s Grove GTX

RRP £169.99

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Härkila’s Grove

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