Video 83 - Blue bayou - Taster (leather boots, jeans, waterproof suit, wading, swim, pond, mud, wet

Andrea awoke to a cold, frosty, blue sky February day. The previous week had been extremely wet and windy with three major storms, and that made today a pleasant change. She’d recently bought a pair of fully waterproof green leather boots and today was a perfect opportunity to break them in, on a long walk. So, wearing her Helly Hansen waterproof coat over a pair of light blue Manière de Voir jeans and an Ariat windcheater, she walked along the flooded farm tracks over towards the railway arches. The ruts made by the tractors were more than 30cm deep and full of muddy water. But her new boots served her well as she splashed along. When she got to the open land near to the river, the evidence of the recent storms was readily apparent: there were huge toppled trees and flooded fields everywhere. One tree had actually fallen across the path, blocking it completely, and meaning that the only way past was by walking in the water. It wasn’t too deep – just deep enough to go over the tops of her new boots! With her socks squelching with every step she took, Andrea threw caution to the wind and waded across one of the shallower floods. It was just over knee deep but, of course, that then wasn’t enough for her, and she was soon wearing jeans that were dark blue up to the crotch and light blue above. Having walked in a large loop she headed back to her truck alongside the swollen ponds that she’d skirted around on the way out. And because her jeans and knickers were already wet, the...