November Boot Inches

My November boot wearing data gathering is over. I'm not sure what to make of all the numbers I collected. I'll start with a few summaries:

I wore boots for 261 hours, out of a total of 720 hours in the month. I wore lo-tops for only 74 hours, leaving 385 hours when I wore no shoes.

My most-worn boots (in decreasing order):

• Doc Martens (139 hours)
• Adidas/Gola boxing boots (combined total 59¼ hours)
• Vans Sk8-hi (45 hours)
• Lonsdale boxing boots (8½ hours)
• Wellies (6½ hours combined for both pairs)

For my overall calculations, I counted lo-tops as zero and no shoes as -2 inches. This meant if I only wore short boots (eg. Converse or Vans) then I would have to be careful to avoid a negative score. Since I wore my Doc Martens and boxing boots so much, there was no danger of that happening.

My total for the month was: 1414 boot-inch-hours. This was equivalent to wearing Converse hi-tops non-stop for 628.5 hours.

The longest continuous period of boot-wearing was 13 hours, which happened on 2 days. Both occasions involved wearing my Doc Martens. The least amount of boot-wearing was 15 minutes. This was one sunday when I didn't leave the house. I briefly wore my Lonsdale boxing boots while I was using my computer, just to avoid having a boot-free day.

I might try the experiment again in the summer. The final total will be lower since I won't be wearing my Doc Martens as much.

Week 48: More Doc Martens

I've been wearing my Doc Martens a lot again. Wore them in work 4 days, and wore my Adidas boxing boots for one day. At the weekend I mainly wore my Vans. I wore my Lonsdale boxing boots a few times in the evening. I'm wearing them at the moment - trousers tucked inside.

Week 47: Doc Martens

It has been cold and/or wet this week so I spent most of the week wearing my doc marten boots. I wore my gola boxing boots for work on the monday but the DMs for the rest of the week. In the evening I briefly wore my Lonsdale boxing boots a couple of times. Since these boots live under my desk at home, I often slip them on while I'm using the computer.

On saturday I did a bit of work in the garden so I wore my green Le Chameau wellies for a while. On sunday I wore my Vans hi-tops for most of the day.

Week 46: Decorating in my wellies

In work, I've been mainly wearing my boxing boots and doc martens.

I have been spending a lot of time up ladders, doing some decorating. I have been wearing a variety of boots to do this: I wore my blue wellies one day, and my 'fake converse' and my lonsdale boxing boots on other days.

week 45: more Doc Martens

It's getting more like winter so that means wearing my Doc Martens more often. I wore my boxing boots for work most days, wearing my DMs a couple of days and also at the weekend. I have decided to wear my Gola boxing boots more often so I have left them in my office and I change into them when I get to work. They still aren't as comfortable as the Adidas Tygun, despite looking like they are based on the same basic shoe. I'll see if they soften up after I've worn them a bit more.

Week 44: boxing boots and wellies.

On monday I wore my Adidas boxing boots in work, and changed into my Lonsdale boots as soon as I got home. I tucked my trousers into the boots and laced them up all the way. Well, nearly all the way. I didn't lace up the top-most eyelet. Either the laces aren't long enough or my legs are a bit too fat. I can lace them up all the way if I don't tuck my trousers into the boots.

On tuesday morning I put my green wellies on to go into the garden, then changed into my new boxing boots, ready to go to work. When I got home I put my blue (indoor) wellies on and wore them for the rest of the evening. The rest of the week followed a similar pattern - Lonsdale boxing boots during the day and wellies in the evening, occasionally wearing my green wellies if I needed to go into the garden.

At the weekend I alternated between wearing my doc martens, blue wellies and boxing boots around the house - trousers tucked into the boots of course.

Boot-Inch-Hours

I have decided to try a new way of measuring how much time I spend wearing my boots. I have measured the height of each of my boots, taking the ankle as the zero point, so the height is the distance above a normal low-top shoe.

My boots range from:

• Converse high top : 2¼ inches
• Vans hi-top: 2.5 inches
• Mid-height boxing boots: 6 inches
• Lonsdale boxing boots: 10 inches
• 20 eye Doc martens: 11 inches
• Blue wellies: 12 inches
• Green Le Chameau wellies: 14 inches

I measure the number of hours I spend wearing each boot and multiply by the height. Lo-tops count as zero. I am going to try this out as an experiment during November so see what kind of results I get. I I will just wear boots as normal, rather than try to wear taller boots. For the last week I have been doing a bit of a 'preview' of the experiment, but since I spent the last week wearing taller boots, the numbers will be higher.

During the last week I wore nothing shorter than my boxing boots. On monday I wore my adidas boots all day then changed into my Lonsdale boots in the evening - a total of 15 hours and 114 inch-hours (9 hours * 6 inches + 6 hours * 10 inches).

My highest Boot Inch Hours score was 269. This was today, thanks to my 24+ hours of boxing boots which started yesterday morning. I spend all of today wearing taller boots - mostly wellies and doc martens. Simply wearing my boxing boots all day would have scored 240 boot-inch-hours. The highest possible score is 336, which would be if I wore my green wellies for the full 24 hours.

For a bit of comparison, the list below shows how many hours of Converse wearing is equivalent to one hour of my other boots:

• Vans Hi-Tops : 1.1 hours
• Mid-height boots: 2.7 hours
• Lonsdale boots: 4.4 hours
• Doc Martens: 4.9 hours
• Blue wellies: 5.3 hours
• Green wellies: 6.2 hours

40 hours of boots

I have been wearing boots non-stop for 40 hours now. When I got up yesterday I put my blue wellies on while I got ready for work, before putting my Lonsdale boxing boots on.

I wore the boxing boots non-stop for 24 hours, most of the time with trousers tucked into the boots. I started wearing them like that on my journey to work, before pulling the trousers out and wearing them 'normally' in work. Then on my way home I tucked the trousers back in, re-laced the boots, and wore them like that all evening. I decided to keep them on when I went to bed, even tucking the legs of my pyjamas into the boots.

It's been a long time since I wore a pair of boots non-stop for 24 hours - the last time I did that was at University when I wore my Adidas box champ boots from one morning til the next.

I have been wearing my wellies for most of today - ever since I got up this morning and changed out of my boxing boots. I wore my Doc Martens during the evening but during the day I wore my blue wellies around the house, and my green wellies outside. This means I've been wearing boots with trousers tucked inside non-stop for 30 hours, not counting changing from one pair to another.

Week 43: a mixed bag of boots

A mixed bag of boot-wearing this week. I wore my Adidas boxing boots for work for a couple of days but wore my Vans quite a lot. I wore my new Lonsdale boxing boots at home one evening. I was out of the house for most of Sunday and wore my green wellies nearly all day.

Week 42: Some thoughts on my new boots.

For the last few weeks I've made sure I've only worn tall boots in work, and I've also worn tall boots a lot at home too. This week was no exception. On Monday I wore both my Adidas boxing boots and my new beautifully tall Lonsdale boxing boots - the latter I wore all day in work, laced up all the way, but with the boots inside the trousers.

Even though I didn't pull the laces tight, the boots still felt quite 'grippy' and tight on my leg. I expect they will get better after I have worn them a bit more. They are wonderfully soft and padded though. They feel really nice with the trousers tucked inside - as I found out when I went for a walk on monday evening.

I didn't wear the new boots for work on tuesday - I wore my Adidas instead - but I wore them briefly in the evening. I wore them all day on wednesday though. I laced them up all the way again. Even though I didn't pull the laces tight - I can easily get my hand between leg and boot - the boot still feels tight on my leg. My legs also got a bit warm and sweaty too.

On wednesday evening I did a bit of work in the garden. My blue wellies have been 'in storage', hidden away in the shed. I decided to put them on while I was outside. It's been ages since I've worn them - back in July.

I wore my Doc Martens for work on thursday but I wore my new boxing boots in the evening.

I wore my new boots for most of saturday - trousers tucked inside so that I could see the full height of the boots at all times - see yesterdays post and accompanying video for details. When I wasn't busy wearing the boxing boots I was wearing my doc martens or wellies.

On sunday I mostly wore my Levi's converse-style boots but I also wore my new boxing boots for a while. This means I wore my new boots for some part of every day this week.

Saturday: boots day

I spent nearly all of today with trousers tucked into boots. When I went out this morning, I was wearing my Doc Martens. When I got home I changed into my new boxing boots.



This afternoon I went into the garden so I wore my green wellies. When I came back into the house, I put my blue wellies on and kept them on until the evening, when I put my Levi's converse-style boots on.

Lonsdale Boxing Boots

It was a nice evening when I left work. I had been wearing my new boxing boots all day. I decided to tuck my trousers into my boots as I walked home through the park.

New Facebook Group

I have created a new Facebook group for straight men who love wearing boots. There must be more of us about. I feel like I am part of a very small minority in the boot-wearing and welly-wearing scene.

If there are more boot-loving straight men out there, join my group.

Week 41: Lots of boxing boots

This has been a good week for tall boots. On monday my new boots arrived. I already had put my Adidas boxing boots on in the morning so I changed into my new Lonsdale boots when I got to work and wore them for most of the day.

It rained mid-week so I had a chance to wear my 20 hole Doc Marten boots for work for a few days.

On friday it was cold but dry so I wore my new Lonsdale boots again. I am still impressed by how tall they are. I bought them as a replacement for my ageing Adidas but they feel almost twice as high. The padded leg is very comfortable. I haven't laced them all the way up yet but when I was sitting at my desk, pressing my ankles together, I could feel the tops of the boots rubbing against my legs and it felt really good.

My third and final pair of boxing boots - the Gola boots - also got worn during the week.

On saturday I did a bit of work in the garden so I put my wellies on. I kept them on when I walked to the shops. Later in the day I wore my new boxing boots again.

On sunday I wore my new boxing boots a lot. I put them on in the morning and laced them up.

I also wore them again in the evening, trousers tucked inside, boots laced all the way up. They really are very comfortable to wear this way.

Around mid-day I went out to the shops. It was drizzling so I put my wellies on. I drove to the shops. I think this is the first time I have driven in my current car while wearing wellies. The boots squeaked on the peddles. Unsurprisingly when I got to the supermarket, I was the only person there wearing wellies.

I'd love a pair of these boots

Knee length sheepskin boots, from Celtic Sheepskin. They are available for both men and women. They look a lovely snug fit.