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Hi Donna, I love your new pics on Flickr. As ever, you look great in your heels.

Roz has summed it up pretty well. I can run in 4" heels, and if I've been wearing them long enough like StilettoScot, even higher. As for my platforms, I like me ankles intact.

Hi Lampwort, the chances of me getting to meet up with our High Heeled Goddess Pata, and go high heeled skating with her are slim to none existant, but oh what a thought.

6.75" without platform 12" with platform

Come on Roz, what about your 12" heels. I think Lampwort is right, it is the unexpected little thing like a pebble or a twig that sends us flying. Uneven paving in my 12" heeled boots has had my arms whirling, and some serious wobbles on the ankles.

Hi Lampwort, this is something I used to do many years ago, but wouldn't mind having another go. I used to strap my shoes on, so about a 5" heel was to highest I could wear. I did it with some home made ballets once, but couldn't find a suitable way of attaching them. My home made wooden peg stilts were about 30" high, although I did make higher ones. To me, balance seemed easier in heels than it did in flats

Hi Lampwort, thanks for the offer of help with taking the pictures BB2000

it is probably due to the fact that your boots are a little too large. Try putting some extra padding in the toe box - this should help

I like the platform court shoes

I've got some 8" high wedges from Zoccoli in Germany, and they were relatively easy, until I encountered packed ice.

You are just unbelievable - they look great

We all know that we have seen some great pics of Pata recently out in her heels in the snow, so I thought that I would give it a go after a recent snow fall. Ballet boots - work pretty well as there is a good pressure on the toebox. Pony boots - seem to work pretty well, until there is a build up of ice under the horse shoe. Then things get very wobbly. 7" Hollywood heels - totally helpless. The heel digs in, the toe box doesn't, and then you end up with the heel flicking backwards. 6" stilettos - as above. 8" platform Pleaser boots - they work quite well on snow, but you have to be careful on packed ice.

Keep practicing Scot, they are great shoes, and will get easier with practice.

I think the person on youtube is called 'Imeldabootstross'. They are good clips

Hi Bubba, skating rinks are not really common in the UK, so I can't really say. Outside on a paved roadway they are reasonably controllable. They don't roll too far, but I think that they need some better wheels which is something that I am looking into. Thanks for asking

Hi Pata, on the few occasions when I have skated outdoors in the skates, it is not easy to get from the camera to a photographic pose before the camera takes the picture. It isn't as hard as it looks, especially on a road type surface

Pata, I am sure a girl of your talents, with heels and skates, would soon find herself very competent at this. It is 'interesting', but it does give you quite a buzz.

Very nice

Roz, glad that you've got around to doing this again, Brilliant

Make sure that you have some gel cushions under your feet, and it's a matter of practice to get your knees straightened out, but they are wearable

Took the skates for a trip around the local country park car park the other night. Progress isn't easy due to the lumpy tarmac. Need to look at changing the wheels for something better.

I got mine through Alternative Footwear, but there are plenty of places doing them on the net. I have a pair, and they are really stable compared to normal ballets.

Yes Marcus, I have got a pair, they are brilliant

great clip - and she can really 'bounce' in those heels

A superb clip of a great pair of boots, which are being worn very well, fantastic. Let's hope that here will be some more soon