Wednesday Word: Wellies

How's that title for a little alliteration? I'm sure you all know what wellies are, so this post isn't so much to define the word. Rather, this is about the importance of wellies in everyday life here. I knew wellies were rain boots, but I didn't know we would wear our wellies (almost) every day.

We don't actually have proper wellies, to tell the truth. We've been using our Bogs and snow boots from Boston:


Given the crazy winter we've had, it's actually been good to have warmer boots. Now that spring is on its way (although we had frost just yesterday...) we'll probably all need a set of proper rain boots. Except Eric, who refuses to wear them. He just wears regular tennis shoes and gets his socks all muddy and wet. This is probably because I'm the one who does the laundry, now that I think about it, so maybe I should shift that chore to him :)

Anyway, wellies are definitely a thing here. We hear the word wellie at least once a day. "Put on your wellies!" Or "Leave your wellies by the door!" Wellies are an English thing, and we have got to be in one of the most wellie-wearing parts of England, what with the fields and mud we have all around us. They're maybe the equivalent of flip-flops to us Santa Barbara natives--the go-to footwear pretty much everyday.

Here are some pictures of our wellies (minus wellie-refusing Eric) in action.



See all that mud? That's nothing compared to what we sometimes come home with!

Right now, as we have our computer time, the skies just opened with a massive thunderstorm and downpour. So I suspect when we go out for our walk in a little bit we will once again don our wellies. It does make it easier to decide what to wear I guess. No shoe indecision, just wellies or wellies!

Oh, and I have learned they are called wellies because they were popularized by the Duke of Wellington. The term goes way back to the early 19th century. So I guess we should all feel royal when we wear our wellies (more alliteration!)

Comments

  1. din 'illahi2 May 2018 at 12:10

    Good to know, (in case we come to visit), although I might be more like Eric and instead of wearing Welles might bring several pairs of shoes which is what I do when I go to the beach. 🙂
    Also, you answered my question before I asked- apparently you do get thunder storms there. I wondered (we rarely get them here).
    Oh and, just an idea, when it’s warmer, and if you aren’t going far, perhaps you could skip the Welles and enjoy the feel of the mud and wetness on your bare feet! 😊

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  2. din 'illahi2 May 2018 at 12:12

    (You might have guessed I misspelled wellies due to not proofreading what auto correct did)

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