chocolate, blisters, and loving those new shoes
Over the last few years when attending TSSF events I have taken bags of Whittaker's Mini-slabs, Artisan Squares, and Cocoa-pods (which are to die for, really). Maybe a sixth of my bag was taken up with chocolate when I left last year - gifts for people I/we were staying with, and gifts for IPTOC. And 5 cakes of Whittaker's Creamy Milk chocolate for Rebekah - because she needed them. It was a lot. And it weighed a lot. But it meant that I had room in my bag, space and weight wise for what I might accumulate over the next 11 weeks. A great plan. And to be honest the chocolate was well received by all - except by diabetics. O well! And then , with all the walking i was doing in my old NB shoes I got blisters. Even putting on anti-chaffing cream around my toes and heals - too late - I was hobbling. In Liverpool I decided I needed new shoes. I tried Foot Locker for some new NB or anything for wide foot - but they were pretty uninterested in serving me. I have wide feet,...