Sunday, 4 December 2022

These Boots Were Not Made For Hiking In.

It wasn't raining for a change the other day. So I decided to blow away the cobwebs and go for a saunter over the hills and not so faraway. Six miles is no problem for me. I'm 59 this week and determined to keep active. Half way through my walk I looked down at my feet. My boots felt very heavy. I had only put my steel toe capped work boots on instead of my hiking boots. Perhaps I should change my blog name to Mr Magoo?
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15 comments:

  1. JayCee4 December 2022 at 07:01

    Oh dear. Looks like your "senior moments" episodes are starting early!

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  2. northsider 4 December 2022 at 07:14

    I would say so JayCee. It must with me living in the countryside next to the sea. I am going Sealion. YP, Rachel and myself have both wrote about the ageing process on our blogs today. I must learn to pay attention to what I am doing instead of having my Walter Mitty / Billy Liar day dream moments all the time. Thanks!

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  3. Debby4 December 2022 at 08:56

    Oh dear. The steel also transmits the cold directly to your toes. The second half of that walk was quite miserable, wasn't it?

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  4. northsider 4 December 2022 at 08:59

    It does Debby. I laughed and listened to Rock bands on Spotify. Michael Schenker back in his UFO days was playing.

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  5. crafty cat corner4 December 2022 at 09:01

    with the extra weight you need only have walked 4 miles, lol
    Briony
    x

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  6. northsider 4 December 2022 at 09:05

    Very true Briony. I have walked many a mile in Wellington boots.

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  7. Tigger's Mum4 December 2022 at 10:13

    Habit you see - put on the last pair of boots you took off. So how was the walk? Anything exciting to see?

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  8. northsider 4 December 2022 at 10:28

    Yep Tigger. We are creatures of habit. The walk was good but I only saw one passing motorist who waved at me. It was a good walk after all the rain.

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  9. Yorkshire Pudding4 December 2022 at 11:18

    Steel toe-capped boots can be very useful if you find yourself in a position where a fight is brewing. I know you get car loads of nuns in south west Ireland and they are always on the look out for bother.

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  10. northsider 4 December 2022 at 11:20

    Not a Blue Nun chapter?

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  11. Onevikinggirl4 December 2022 at 13:14

    Oh I am so relieved, I thought it was only me… I managed to go running/jogging last winter in my winter boots. Without noticing! They are not similar, not even the same colour as the running shoes! What is wrong, I’m only 54…

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  12. northsider 4 December 2022 at 13:31

    That's brilliant. I suppose if they are comfortable nothing else matters. I think Nothing Else Matters is a Metallica song. I have seen them twice, unfortunately. I'm joking. Thanks Onevikinggirl.

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  13. northsider 4 December 2022 at 13:35

    I did see Metallica twice in another lifetime.

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  14. Rachel Phillips5 December 2022 at 00:50

    I once went to a meeting in two different shoes. I didn't notice until I got there as they were both comfortable. There was nothing I could do about it so just kept quiet and didn't mention it. I decided that if I didn't draw attention to it then perhaps nobody would notice and if they did they would just put it down to eccentricity or something. I think going out in the wrong boots is easily done if you were focussed on the walk more than anything else.

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  15. northsider 5 December 2022 at 03:01

    I have worn different socks but never the wrong boots Rachel. My mind was focused on the walk. Thanks.

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