Clean Boots

Dear O'H dear, Lovely Tea Jenny and The Eldest Mini Princess,

In Pilates today, the instructor told us that we had candles on our shoulders and to keep them still or we’d get burnt. I’m not sure I have done the relevant fire training for Pilates classes. She also told everyone to “scoop up your belly,” which felt slightly rude!

Smashley was in Edinburgh so we went out for a bite to eat and a few drinks this evening. He is currently training for the mountain rescue service. One of the training cases was a recent incident where Bob from Bolton had to be taken off a mountain. Bob was walking after some heavy rainfall and decided to walk along some exposed tree roots as he didn’t want to get his lovely new pair of walking boots muddy.

And obviously slid right down them. Bob assured everyone that he was fine just to walk down the mountain but as he had broken 3 ribs, 3 vertebrae and his pelvis, the mountain rescuers set him straight. On a stretcher.

Apparently his boots were fine. Every cloud and all that!

C