Crocs

[Gemini]

The footwear I mean.
Love them or hate them?
I have a couple of pairs and really like them. They are comfortable, lightweight to pack for a holiday, good for walking on pebbly beaches etc, etc,

My 3 daughters and their friends think they are appalling, and I don't think they are the only ones!

[Daisy]

Gem, I'm with you - I love them. I wear them around the house - better foot support than slippers, garden in them - easy to wash. I even wore them for walking the dog in the campsite field on holiday because the grass was long and very wet and my trainers and walking boots kept getting soaked. My crocs were easy to slip on and off and it was easy to wash the loose grass off them and get them dried before the next walkies!

I've got 2 pairs on the go at the moment, plus an older pair in my show drawer just in case!

[Grauntie Mag]

I'm a Croc lover too. I used to leave them outside the kitchen door until a fox pinched one. I thought I wouldn’t see it again, certainly not in one piece, but luckily it was found unscathed in next door's garden. I was wincing at the price of a new pair.😳

[Daisy]

GM - the fox probably realised he would need two pairs!!! Glad you got it back in tact.

[Plantaholic]

I have a pair by the kitchen door to nip to the dustbin etc and a pair undercover outside the French window. Mine are backless and I don't wear them out. I used to wear wooden clogs a lot, the excercise ones, can't remember the name now

[Nana]

I've been ridiculed a few times for wearing mine, but I don't care. They're so comfy, as you say. One's for gardening, one for Summer outdoors & one for back up ....well you never know🙈

[Grauntie Mag]

Plant, were they Dr Scholls? I always wore them for work. They do good walking sandals now, I have some.

[Nanto2girls]

Not wishing to offend anyone, but i have never liked the look of crocs.
Gem, i share the same opinion as your daughters.
Although i have heard a lot say they are very comfy.

[Mimi]

Nan2 I’m not a fan of crocs also but I know several of my friends have them and they say they are really comfortable.
I know that they are worn in some work places but when I was at work we had to wear full proper fitting shoes as crocs were deemed a safety hazard.

[Enfys]

I had a pair for the garden but like Grauntie a fox took one away! I found it much later chewed to bits at the bottom of the garden! Serve me right for leaving them out. I bought a nice pair of flip flop type shoes, but a bit more substantial, last summer. Wasn’t until I got them home and looked closer I realised they were Crocs too. They are very comfy.

[Glammanana]

I bought a pair in Spain years ago for using when we ran the restaurant,I was able to sanitize them every day in the washer with my whites,a Swedish girl told me about them they where all the rage at the time and so so comfortable for all day wear.I have had a few pairs since then for casual wear the DCs call them my minnie mouse shoes.

[Oma]

Never had a pair but I'm tempted to get a pair to use outside , I'm always having to go get my shoes out of the shoe cupboard in the hall to take rubbish out or to see to the dog in the garden ,
I would have to hang them on my hanging plant holder though as Storm would eat them , but that wouldn't be a great problem as its next to the back door
Watch this space I may be a convert to Crocs

[Shemadee]

I bought a pair of scholl trainers with no backs. Originally for dog walking but so scruffy now no self respecting dog would want to walk out with me! They are kept by the back door and used when I need to go down to the chest freezer at the bottom of the garden.

[WeeGranny]

I'm with your daughters Gem......I think they look awful!

[Daisy]

WG - I don't think they look good, but they're just so practical and comfortable I'm happy not to look!