Country Life

Holiday time in the Highlands

THE most appropriate footwear for lawn tennis in the Highlands is a pair of Argyll Wellington boots—the black ones with the red band around the top. Not only will they keep your feet dry on the inevitably squelchy court, but they are loose enough at the top to store that seldom required second ball when serving. It’s a myth,

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