I got home the other day to find a huge brown box with my name on it waiting for me! I was worried at first that maybe I had begun ‘sleep shopping’ and had been indulging in some nocturnal bidding on eBay, but thank fully it was a whole host of goodies form my sponsor Mountain Horse! Angie at Mountain Horse had posted me a load of lovely summer products including lightweight breeches, t-shirts, baseball cap, zippy top, and best of all some gorgeous leather long boots and the corresponding stirrups!
I think Angie must be a mind reader as I have been researching long boots for the past 6 months but couldn’t find any I liked, but these tick every box. My main bug bear with long boots is them looking too short when they drop, and getting baggy round the leg with use, but these have an extra high cut top, and an elastic panel along the zip to keep them fitting snugly. The sole is ridged and the stirrups have the opposite ridges on their rubbers so when you put your foot in the stirrup they ‘lock’ into place which should be helpful XC if things get hairy and they have a rubber side to avoid getting a foot caught in the stirrup too, much safer than my old full metal ones. I have been wearing my long boots around the house as much as possible to break them in and have been getting very odd looks from my other half! I don’t see what’s wierd about long boots and pj’s??!! I am taking Soap to a little local show on Sunday for an exracer class and a prelim to ease him back into work so I will now be looking extra dapper with my new shiny boots on!
