bare feet

[Moodyman]

In my paved back garden I do.

But wouldn't on the street as there's too much detritus

 

[dellzeqq]

In my paved back garden I do.

But wouldn't on the street as there's too much detritus

the footpaths round our way are pretty clean - very clean by the standards of thirty years ago. What kind of detritus do you mean?

 

[User169]

the footpaths round our way are pretty clean - very clean by the standards of thirty years ago. What kind of detritus do you mean?

Syringes - not common, but frequent enough to be a little careful.

 

[MacB]

Generally barefoot at home and near the house but wouldn't go to local shops barefoot, closer you get to the shops the more likely you are to encounter glass. I remember my Mum and Dad removing a glass splinter from the pad of my foot when I was about 9, very painful.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I've considered trying that barefoot running, but using trainers that replicate bare feet, such as Vibram Five Fingers or Vivo Evos. The theory is that it forces you to run more naturally and avoid injury. When I marshalled a local triathlon a couple of times, I noticed the best triathletes would often run from the first transition area to the bike start line in bare feet, while their cycling shoes were already clipped into their pedals. I thought this was quite brave as there were bits of stone chipping on the path. My feet would have been too soft.

 

[661-Pete]

Syringes - not common, but frequent enough to be a little careful.

I remember a horrible moment on the Vendee coast in France, our son, then only a toddler, scampering amongst the sand dunes with me giving chase - all good fun! Until I spotted the naked syringe, half buried in the sand at the spot he'd just run past .... were we terrified! We had a good look at his feet and couldn't see anything. Well, over twenty years have elapsed since then, so I reckon I can relax....

Seriously though. The other thing to be very careful about, of course, is weever fish and stone fish. They do sometimes show up even in British waters... And the spiny urchin of Mediterranean coasts can be nasty...

 

[Bromptonaut]

Colleague goes barefoot in the office from time to time. No hygiene issue but I've made clear I dissaprove on H&S grounds - drawing pins, hot water in teapoint, possibility of broken glass if sombody's dropped a tumbler etc etc.

 

[adscrim]

Have vibram five fingersbeen discussed on here before? I love mine, grossly over priced but that won't stop me buy another pair when the current give up the ghost.

 

[Moodyman]

the footpaths round our way are pretty clean - very clean by the standards of thirty years ago. What kind of detritus do you mean?

Small stones chipped off the road and flicked onto the pavement, the odd nail/screw dropped by a tradesman, bits of aluminium drinks cans.

But I do live at the cross roads between suburbia and the inner city.

 

[Danny]

I used to go out barefoot from time to time until I cut myself on a bit of broken glass.*

I still regularly go round in flip flops which are nearly as good. However Britain hasn't really got the weather for a barefoot lifestyle.



* Which was almost certainly a bye-product of the privatisation of street cleaning under the last Tory Government

 

[brokenbetty]

That's such a boy question.

I've walked the mean streets of London barefoot plenty of times carrying a discarded pair of heels.

 

[661-Pete]

That's such a boy question.

I've walked the mean streets of London barefoot plenty of times carrying a discarded pair of heels.

Not only the ladies!

I remember, back as a student, going on a walking tour of the Lake District with a few friends. One of the others, having just bought a new pair of boots and not appreciated 'breaking in' time, suffered agonies a few miles into the walk. As I recall, he ended up doing the entire ascent and descent of Old Man of Coniston in his socks .

 

[rusky]

I rarely wear shoes at home although venturing up the garden I have often trodden in chicken poo. Takes ages to get the smell off your skin

 

[dellzeqq]

That's such a boy question.

I've walked the mean streets of London barefoot plenty of times carrying a discarded pair of heels.

hah! I wondered if the broken heel thing would come up!

 

[Dayvo]

I love going barefooted.

I'm barefoot at home all the time; the houses/flats here are warm enough for it in the winters, and most have wooden, splinter-free floors.

On holidays to warmer climes, I'm more or less barefoot all the time, too, or sockless in sandals or boat shoes when I have to dress up.

My ideal job? To be a beach bum/comber and stroll along turquoise-kissed sandy beaches in nothing but shorts and a big smile!