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ECO-FRIENDLY LIGHTWEIGHT BOOTS

FREMINGTON (M/F), ALTBERG, £184.

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This boot is available in men’s and women’s versions with sizing in five widths – these boots will fit you. Altberg is a Yorkshire bootmaking company that knows what it’s doing, because it doesn’t do anything else. Experience has resulted in an exquisitely engineered blend of sturdiness and comfort. These are boots to rely on, to cherish and polish (frequently, with Altberg’s Leder-Gris, a water-repellent wax-oil), to bounce in for miles day after day, over scree, streams, rocks, bogs and tussocks with excellent stability and ankle support.

These are Altberg’s lightest boots at

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