Hear hear! (or is that ‘here here’?).
The other great advantage to leather-lined, leather-outer boots is that a quick wipe out with a cloth, a dry pair of socks to put on in the morning, and hey presto you have dry feet again.
Whereas once water gets behind goretex lining you need 5 days of warm dry weather to remove the 2lb of water from behind the goretex lining and dry those fashion-conscious goretex lined boots out.
Just a brief comment in that this type of terrain is often on acidic soil which may affect boots and also clothing. While the clothing naturally gets a proper wash and probable reproofing after a period of walking in such areas, the boots may not. I do a full wash out of my boots (especially pertinent for fabric boots) with clean water, drain and repeat several times. Okay, this re-wets the boots, but it is far better than leaving damp boots to dry out without this treatment. Drying out the interior of the boots is easy using purpose made drying balls and a period in the bottom of the airing cupboard (don’t tell me you have a combi boiler). A reproof is all that is then required ready for the next session on the hills.
Perhaps “Hear Here”
I’ll get me coat
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Correct prose. Best of both! 
Yes I have a combi boiler…
I am going to give the boots another waterproofing session and also re-waterproof over-trousers and jacket.
Also a visit to local Go Outdoors and see what they have to say / on offer.
This has certainly stirred up a few thoughts comments/suggests which is good.
Cheers
And another from me. My first pair started to delaminate, probably because of lack of use for 3.5 years due to personal circumstances, but the second pair bought in 2024 (I think) are excellent, and I recently bought another pair so I could have a spare.
Yesterday on GM/CS-120 I had basically dry feet and only slightly damp boots after the torrential rain and path that had become a fast flowing stream. I decided to use the new pair today which were fine on first real hill use on GM/ES-041.
Martyn has tried the Bhutan’s but found them uncomfortable and too heavy. He had sock wringing out wet feet with his Grisport boots yesterday, so was wearing his spare pair today. Yesterday’s pair are still wet 
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Another tip for Norn Iron (and EI/IN) is bring your wellie boots.
As my XYL says, Ireland would be a grand spot if you could put a roof over it. 