1) No-one who doesn’t paddle understands them
2) They keep your hands lovely and warm
3) They help prevent horrible ecxema-like dryness on knuckles
4) They stop you wimping out on a cold, windy Thames
5) They confuse rowers, being not made of Lycra
6) They are a key rite-of-passage into the arcane world of distance paddlers
7) They come with Fleecey linings
They look particularly fetching when wearing a Buff
Toons: Any others?
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