By: Mike

 

                                                Prologue  

 

Boots – so useful when trekking, especially in October with a doubtful weather forecast.

 So, where are Chris’s boots as we speed down the A303 for a final shot at the Southwest Coast Path before the winter?

 Not in the car.

 They have been left behind.  I take some responsibility for this.  In fact, that’s probably why I said:

 “You have got your boots, haven’t you?”

 No, she hasn’t.  Yesterday I pulled both our pairs of boots out of the cupboard and asked if she wanted me to dubbin them.

 “No” she said. “They are fine”.  I kept mine out and put them in the car.  Fatefully, I put hers back.  Chris assumed that I had put them in the car along with mine.


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