All tough as nails northerners, please stop reading now - Soft Southerners continue to the end !
This question is really for those of us who spend a lot of our leisure time standing around waiting to start beating !!
I'm hoping to avail myself of the summer (sic!) sales when stores get rid of their old winter stock, and being I have always suffered from cold hands and feet (too much blood in the alcohol I think!!). I have tried various types of solutions, especially in the footwear department such as leather, neoprene etc., with little obvious success - so I am after advice on:
1. What are the best gloves for actually keeping my hands warm, that are man enough for doing a proper beaters job - thorns, brambles, barbed wire whatever. Puny thin shooting gloves certainly don't cut it!
2. Same again on the footwear stakes, as I said above, I've had Chameau lined (leather and neoprene) wellies and Chameau leather short boots all to no real avail. My current plan is possibly Le Chameau Vierzonord Extreme Neoprene Wellington Boots or Muckboot Tay Sport or just keep my old gear but add Sealskinz socks, if I can work out which ones are the right ones and if they are really any good!
Naturally if I was expecting to actually shoot - I would have to reduce the gloves down so I could actually do something with my fingers, but this isn't so important when beating, which is what this question is really aimed at.
All recommedations gratefully received.
Cheers
