I think that I'd quite like to try a pair but inevitably there will be a long waiting list of Guardian readers now. I hope that you can still manage to get some motorcycling in, Jeremy !
When I was a kid I lived for a short time in Clitheroe...There was a clog makers shop in the town at the time and many people still wore them regularly as I believe the Dutch still do (well Henk liked his anyway and there was a Dutch guy who always wore them at the jumbles in the UK..)...They used to make a distinctive sound as people walked by the house...Ian
The guy at jumbles with the yellow clogs and bowler hat was "Magneto" expert Theodole Leens. Brother of Tony Leens of Indian Motorcycle museum and cigars fame. Ron