January 31st is the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day and this year it was “Stroll on Sunday”, a charity walk along the Brighton sea front in wellington boots. Denise Black (also known as Denise Osborne in her role in Corrie) lent her support by joining the walk in a pair of our pink spotty wellies.

The theme of the two-mile ‘welly walk’ links with iconic yellow Wellington boots that lifeboat crewmembers wear when on rescue missions. It started and ended at Brighton Marina, taking in the Yellowave Beach Sports Centre. Over 30 people took part in the Welly Walk in Brighton and hundreds more involved in fundraising eventsaround the UK in the RNLI’s most important fundraising day.

Searching the web, we found another Coronation Street/RNLI connection back in 2008 when Bruno Langley, former Coronation Street actor, took part in the BUPA Great Manchester Run on 18 May 2008 on behalf of the RNLI ( He didn’t run in wellies though!).

Searching a bit further, Emerdale, Brookside and Heartbeat’s soap stars have also lent their support for the RNLI in the past to encourage even more people to support this amazing charity.

Due to the recession and the unusually mild weather in Greece at the moment, Fashionistas are swapping swanky leather boots for the good old welly!!The boot sales have fallen up to 20% while our rubber friends are flying off the shelves!The Greeks apparently spend around 1.5 Billion (yip BILLION) euros on shoes. Whoa now, imagine that.

LOVE  MUD IS IN THE AIR

Why not check out our wellies as a gift idea for Valentines day?Stuck for ideas that don’t cost the world to treat your loved one to? Here be a plan that will make you look increeeeedibly romantic and you won’t need to spend big bucks. Grab your partner a pair of our wellies in the most appropriate Valentine colours (that would be PINK  or RED) and arrange a walk in the country. The weather on Valentines weekend is (supposed to be…) fine and dandy, and loads of National Trust and English Heritage houses and grounds are open due to the spring buds bursting through. You could walk around the grounds and farm of Wimpole Hall (Cambridge),  amoung the Daffodils and sprouting trees, or walk through lawns of Snowdrops at Audley End House (Essex) and be ever so quaint by indulging in a Cream Tea . The English countryside is a grand old place and is often over-shadowed by the typical Valentines escapes like Paris (who needs over-priced Champagnay and the Mona Lisa?) which take a major strain on the wallet.So Google a destination, find a good old country pub with proper English grub, and take a romantic stroll around some of the best scenery in the Woooorld! (p.s. don’t forget your wellies!)www.wimpole.org/ www.english-heritage.org.uk/audleyend

ANY PRO VALENTINES DIVERT THINE EYES NOW, OR YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF…. ROCKING IN A CORNER.

Here are some heartwarming morsels me hearty’s!

BEWARE! ANTI-VALENTINER’S MAY BE A WEE BIT SICK/EXPLODE.“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.”-Shakespeare, “You don’t marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without.”, “Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.”-St. Augustine, “To love another person is to see the face of God.”-Les Miserables, “To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.”-William M. Thackeray, “True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away.”-Alicia Barnhart, “Who says love never lives? Maybe we’ve never lived.”, “Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.” 

It will soon be that time again, that romantic time.Valentines day is creeping up…some are looking forward to it like you would look forward to a tasty chunk of cake, others are looking forward to it like a tasty chunk of…something not quite so tasty. The eye of a fish say. Some will walk along with their loved one, gaze up at the sky and see clouds shaped like hearts. Others will look up and see menfolk falling from high cliffs clutching boxes of chocolate.Posted above are images and quotes not suitable for viewing by said ‘Anti-Valentiners’ , followed by images ‘Pro-Valentiners’ really shouldn’t see!

1. 1.Wellington Boots were worn and made popular by the first Duke Of Wellington in the early 19th Centrury, hence the name Wellington. They were then also worn by other Aristocracy.
2. 2.Wellies were originaly made of leather now they are mostly made out of PVC.
3. 3.They were once mostly black coloured and then Green if you wanted to look Posh.
4. 4.A British Sport called “Wellie Wanging” involves hurling a Wellington Boot as fas as you can.
5. 5.In South Africa people dance in Wellies in a modern version of traditional music called “Gumboot Zydeco”
6. 6.In Taihape New Zealand on the first Tuesday after Easter Gumboot day celebrates all things welly and features the famous Gumboot throwing Contest.
7. 7.While Green Wellington Boots are popular in Britain in the US and Canada yellow soled black boots are worn.
8. 8.Before they were known for there mobile phone business Nokia’s wellington boots were there best known products.
9. 9.Wellington Boots were massivly popular in The World War 1 and 2 due to need of a sturdy boot in the flooded trenches.
10. 10.The term “Gumboot” in New Zealand is thought to have come from 19th Century Kauri gum diggers who wore this footwear.                                                                        Theres a lot of history in this piece of footwear and more being made everyday.

Did you wear your Wellies to work on the 18th? Hopefully you did and you raised lots of money and had a fun day. Why not make every/any Friday at your workplace a fun one that raises money for the leading Children’s charity Action Medical Research.You and your workmates money adds to the charities fund so they can continue research into diseases that affect babies and children. You get a fun day where you and your workmates can walk around the office or (wherever your work place is) in your different pairs of Wellies, and then you support a great charity at the same time.The welly boots idea originally came from the charities mascot the well known Paddington Bear because of his shiny red wellington boots.All you have to do is pay £2 to wear your wellies to work. Simple! Just get everyone involved, put a charity bucket at a desk to put your £2 in at the start of the day then just enjoy wearing your wellies and seeing everyone else in there’s.If you want to have even more fun you can have three legged races, welly boot throwing contests(be careful where your throwing them) or anything you can think of.Big Brother TV Presenter Davina McCall fully backs the charity and its campaign saying she has supported them her whole life because her grandparents supported them.Its a great, fun campaign that really benefit’s the babies and young children of the world, you cant really get better than that!

“The British Summer” The current one like many others was expected to be the “BBQ Summer” but with more than average rainfall each Summer month its been a  relatively wet one. When your hot summer picnic turns into a soaking wet one having one of these handy can really save the day and yourself from getting cold and wet http://www.funky-wellington-boots.co.uk/wellies/poncho-rugs.php . Warm and Cosy, very colourful and it easily folds up into a drawstring bag so it can be taken out and put back in as many times it showers on the day. There’s even a hood on it!   Ideal for unpredictable weather at a festival.

If you were browsing online for clogs and we popped up in the search results, that’s because we used to sell clogs through this site… but not anymore! Please visit our new site for clogs called loveclogs.co.uk There you will find a BIG range of clogs for women and men too. Choose from two brands, Beavers (designed in Wiltshire, UK ) and Sanita (a Danish company).

Sanita have been making clogs for over 100 years and it shows… The quality of materials, the sizing and designs are all perfect and there is something for everyone.

Beavers is the brainchild of Jane Moore and you will find some really lovely colours and styles in her range.