Glorious mud
Question: While on holiday in North Wales recently I ventured out on the
Lavan sands, a vast area of mud that is exposed when the tide retreats from the
Menai Strait. In no time at all, I found myself up to my knees in mud and
eventually returned to shore extremely dirty and minus my rubber wellington
boots, sucked from my feet by the mire. Has anyone devised any footwear that
makes it possible to trek across soft mud? I would assume that the obvious
solution of round flat “duck’s feet” shoes would fail, as suction would make…
