The gumboot can live for over 40 years.
It is a celebration of all things to do with gumboots, and includes the famous gumboot throwing contest.
Before running the race, he told the press that he had previously run for two to three days straight rounding up sheep in gumboots.
The aim of the festival is to break the world record for the longest gumboot throw.
Families need to put on gumboots to wade out to their garages, and housewives are unable to hang out washing because they cannot put their baskets on the ground.
Will he ensure that there is always money to maintain the paths that horses also use and remind walkers that if it is muddy, they need to wear gumboots?
I understand that the contractors are already supplying oilskins and gumboots to men required to work in wet conditions, and that ample shelter accommodation has been provided.
The rubber shortage has made it necessary for us to conserve the limited supplies of gumboots available for those workers for whom their use is virtually essential.
