Waders

This is quite possibly the second most narcissistic photo I have ever taken. I wanted to show waders in action. As you can tell by the last two blogs, the theme tonight is my adventures picking up rubbish from around the lake shore. Waders, for those who have never come across them, are like gumboots with rubber pants attached to the top of them. They are, quite obviously, for wading through water and will destroy any form of street cred that you have. They have this neat little pocking right on the inside of the front of them. If you look closely, you can see the bright orange of my drink bottle poking out. Store anything in this pocket, and you instantly look pregnant. They never fit properly. Well, let me correct that, they fit properly if youre a naturally skinny person. I wear a mens size 9 boot. A pair of waders with a size 9 boot will not go past my hips, The ones Im wearing in this picture are a size 12. This means you walk like youre a loping elephant, in saggy skin. This is amplified when in water. The most inconvenient thing about waders is theyre like a personal sauna. Great in winter, sucky when the weather is vaguely warm. Taking them off you are always greeted with a waft of sweat and your trousers are completely damp, if not wet. All that aside, I still find them fun and a great novelty, simply because we rarely get to use them.