Comments on: Cirencester Boot Scrapers http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/ Travel Guide for the Cotswolds, England Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:53:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pauline http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/#comment-190 Pauline Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:31:30 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=28#comment-190 We are always scraping off mud from hiking - and that is not just dirt, but a combination of dirt with cow and sheep droppings because we are always walking thru cow and sheep pastures. I have two pairs of dirty hiking boots in our garage here in Santa Fe, still needing to be scrubbed off after our winter trip to the Cotswolds! We are always scraping off mud from hiking - and that is not just dirt, but a combination of dirt with cow and sheep droppings because we are always walking thru cow and sheep pastures. I have two pairs of dirty hiking boots in our garage here in Santa Fe, still needing to be scrubbed off after our winter trip to the Cotswolds!

]]> By: Dom Geoff JHHBM van der Weegen, ACistA http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/#comment-188 Dom Geoff JHHBM van der Weegen, ACistA Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=28#comment-188 Boot scrapers: When I was a child, my ancesteral home in Brabant (near Antwerp) had precisely the same boot scraper (only the one) to the right of our front door as you approached the house. It was not so much the mud as the dog fouling that was the problem. The scraper was excellent for that too... Our house was much like the one in your picture of the Cirencester house and the scrapers must have been built in the wall at the same time that the property was built (ours was). Of course in the 18th century it was the mud of the (unpaved/un- tarmaced) roads and all the horse manure (especially in the dark at night) that had to be scraped off before entering the house! Dom Geoff+ Boot scrapers: When I was a child, my ancesteral home in Brabant (near Antwerp) had precisely the same boot scraper (only the one) to the right of our front door as you approached the house. It was not so much the mud as the dog fouling that was the problem. The scraper was excellent for that too… Our house was much like the one in your picture of the Cirencester house and the scrapers must have been built in the wall at the same time that the property was built (ours was). Of course in the 18th century it was the mud of the (unpaved/un- tarmaced) roads and all the horse manure (especially in the dark at night) that had to be scraped off before entering the house!

Dom Geoff+

]]> By: Chris http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/#comment-48 Chris Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:26:53 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=28#comment-48 Just saw this! He is a beautiful boy, but not quite as gorgeous as <a href="http://www.chriscob.com/carlos.jpg" rel="nofollow">my sweet Carlos</a>. You'll be getting back to your cat just as I'm having to leave mine! Just saw this! He is a beautiful boy, but not quite as gorgeous as my sweet Carlos.

You’ll be getting back to your cat just as I’m having to leave mine!

]]> By: Claudia in Ontario http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/#comment-47 Claudia in Ontario Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:02:59 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=28#comment-47 Hi! Truly enjoyed your garden on the big screen.So nice to see some green and flowers. Still snowy, cold and windy in Toronto. Never heard of boot scrapers in my life. We could have used some during our summers in the Laurentians. We did it on the steps before entering the house. Also had to empty our shoes from sand and tiny stones. All the best! Hi!
Truly enjoyed your garden on the big screen.So nice to see some green and flowers. Still snowy, cold and windy in Toronto.
Never heard of boot scrapers in my life. We could have used some during our summers in the Laurentians. We did it on the steps before entering the house. Also had to empty our shoes from sand and tiny stones.
All the best!

]]> By: Pauline http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/cotswold-towns/cirencester-boot-scrapers/#comment-46 Pauline Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:15:55 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=28#comment-46 Isn't he! It took a month of us calling him and whispering to him, and his owner bringing him over to us, for him to finally come over on his own. I am waiting for Chris C. to see this photo because I think he looks like her cat Carlos. There is another cat in the neighborhood who looks a lot like him, called "Guinness". :) Isn’t he! It took a month of us calling him and whispering to him, and his owner bringing him over to us, for him to finally come over on his own. I am waiting for Chris C. to see this photo because I think he looks like her cat Carlos. There is another cat in the neighborhood who looks a lot like him, called “Guinness”. :)

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