To think I can't be the first generous footed woman to need walking boots

[Flatfootinneedofboots]

So I arrived in the Lake District yesterday for a few days holiday. Dug out my size 7 walking boots to find they are too tight. Google says I might have fallen arches.

I've been in several shops and they look aghast when I ask for size 8s!

DD is only 14 but loads of her pals are tall with - ahem - long feet!

Surely I'm not that much of a freak that a town full of walking boot shops can't help me.

I know this is AIBU but please be nice our I'll spend the rest of my holiday shuffling from cafe to cafe rather than walking and getting fit

I'm a size 10 so totally get it- walking boots are easy for me though as men's do the better range depending on the make you go for.

Hooray! Enjoy the rest of your walking op, I am v jealous. Hope the weather is kind to you!

I live in the lakes, size 8 too glad you found George Fisher, great shop! I was out on the fells this weekend, I probably passed you Enjoy!

Yay, I love George fishers. My dog loves it too, she’s hilarious. She will sprint to the front door and launch herself with a crash against it and then sit there waiting for me to open it for her. All she wants to do is laps of the ground floor! I have to calm her down, she gets far too excited when we’re in Keswick.

Has anyone else had their feet grow in middle age? I used to be a biggish 6.

I was an 11 until I got pregnant with my daughter, now I'm a 12. I scoff at your tiny size 8 feet.