Shyheels

Looks very presentable!

I’m so envious of your skill level when 12cm boots are the easy ones to retreat to when you can’t find 13cm boots. They’re still quite a challenge for me. I’m getting a load of wood this weekend so I can heat the boat and go back to practicing in my 12cm boots on my boat!

Wow! Congratulations! It must have been fun to be going out to dinner in them and having it feel relatively easy! That’s brilliant progress. i am hoping to be getting back into my 12cm boots later this week - and in a warmer boat!

I’m still very much in the world of heavy suede OTK boots with 8cm heels - I’m hoping to get my heating sorted in the next week or so and can get back to practicing in my stilettos. I just hope that in the interim I’ve not lost whatever modest gains I’ve made …

Speaking for myself, I find that walking around for a few minutes in my 10cm heels is a good warm up for wearing my 12cm ones - although if I do I have a way of becoming distracted and forgetting to change boots.

It’s interesting. It would be fun to know what their perception of heels is, especially stilettos. As you say, it’s not something you can sidle up and ask without looking like a creep. But from a sociological and cultural viewpoint, it would be an interesting question.

Sometimes when I’m wearing my 12cm boots I think of your Hot Chicks and try to imagine that extra centimetre of elevation. It would certainly defeat me

They certainly look steeper than my 12cm heels - quite a bit steeper in fact. You’ve probably got something as steep as @higherheels Hot Chicks but with absolutely none of the chic or the cachet

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Conner’s in Britain wouldn’t be any fun either

I can imagine!

Sounds like a sensible move. I’m still keeping to my warmer heavy suede OTK boots with the 8cm heels until I can get the heating sorted on the boat! I’m reluctant to start burning coal and dealing with the sooty mess it entails and my central heating system is not working. So lower block heels it is for the time being

Yes, I think you’ve found yet another practical use for high heels! As “back row” shoes in the choir! And nice to be finding acceptance and receiving compliments

Dainty, those are not. I agree, you have to look at them as training heels. I’m guessing they would be good for that. With those you could practice at the 12cm height but still have a sort of off-road heel that could possibly manage cobbles or a rough towpath

Clearly they need to get hold of some good Dutch city bicycles which have chain guards and step-through frames!

It’s a separate unit, run by diesel. It heats the hot water as well. It was very welcome this morning when it was 3°C and raining. Even so I’ve opted for the warmth of my heavy suede mid-heel OTK boots instead of the thinner leather of my stiletto boots. So much for training today …

Yes, one could always lower the seat instead of extending the legs …

I’ve got two forms of heat - a coal stove which is my main form of heating during the winter, and a central heating system, diesel fuelled, with hot water radiators. I don’t want to start burning coal just yet and so have been using the radiators to take the morning chill off. It’s pretty chilly today so I’m tempted to light the fire. Thank goodness for tall warm boots!

I’ve not tried it yes but I would be interested in doing so

My heater is not working at the moment (I suspect and air lock in the pipes somewhere), and I’m reluctant to start burning coal again so I am rugged up in heavy fleeces and by heavy suede OTK boots with 8cm heels. I’ve somebody coming around this evening to check out the system

I'm so glad to hear that.

I’ll defer to an expert who actually wears Louboutin Hot Chicks that the added height of a 13cm heel is challenging enough without adding poor quality fit, manufacture and materials into the mix.

I know people here have certainly influenced me - I doubt if I'd be diligently practicing in my 12cm heels were it not you two, and having the inspiration and virtual company has made all the difference.

I don’t think it’s a problem you’re posting here. We’re a small and pretty egalitarian group and while none of us would post in the girls forum, your certainly welcome e in this one. We’re having a nice discussion about heels and your input is welcome - aside from which the three of us are all supporting each other in our high heels challenge! It is a shame that there are such slim pickings when it comes to well made high heels - and as you say, that Louboutin has ceased to manufacture the true Hot Chicks. The difference between well made heels and nasty knock offs is vast

Nobody ever judges those contests. They just peter out without a winner