One of the good things about walking with a group is that I'm not constantly stopping to take photos. Instead, I'm taking them while in motion! - which explains the blur...
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| So lovely to walk beside water in autumn |
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| Beech trees along a bank of the sunken path |
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| Too late for these mushrooms; they've gone over |
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| Makes a lovely change from cyclists who don't ring their bells |
When we got onto some pavement, I noticed my right boot was feeling slippery - must be a stone caught in it somehow ...
Examination of the boot revealed that the sole was missing, and I remembered kicking someone's bit of old shoe among the leaves beside the path early on in the walk. Oh, that was MY bit of old shoe ...
The other sole was still there, but moments later it too started a final detaching -
Not quite, though - some surgical tape from a first aid kit, and clever work with shoelaces, and later some rubber bands, held it on as we continued towards the lunch destination.
The day was starting to brighten up, and we were back along the Wey -
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Shalford I "peeled off" to catch the bus to Guildford.
Just missed the No.53, but only had to wait 15 minutes for the No.32, so I sat on the plinth of the War Memorial and ate my sandwich while waiting -
The bus stopped at Debenhams, and its shoe department was conveniently just inside the nearest door. I came out with new shoes -
Shiny but not all that comfortable. Inexpensive, and with soles intact. Unbandaged.
Tomorrow - shopping for hiking boots.
The other sole was still there, but moments later it too started a final detaching -
Not quite, though - some surgical tape from a first aid kit, and clever work with shoelaces, and later some rubber bands, held it on as we continued towards the lunch destination.
In Shalford I "peeled off" to catch the bus to Guildford.
Just missed the No.53, but only had to wait 15 minutes for the No.32, so I sat on the plinth of the War Memorial and ate my sandwich while waiting -
The bus stopped at Debenhams, and its shoe department was conveniently just inside the nearest door. I came out with new shoes -
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your walk -- sorry to hear about your hiking boots. The same thing happened to me when I was hiking in Iceland, but I didn't have anything to repair them with. Luckily, I did have a second pair of shoes. :-)
http://deborahstearns.blogspot.com/2015/11/landmannalaugar-iceland.html
Oh I love walking in England especially in the cooler weather.
That same thing happened to me walking on the beach not so long ago. Had to go bare foot, a lovely feeling till i hit the gravel road.
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