Relaxed day

We had a fairly relaxed day. There was no real hurry to get going and though Ocado turned up a bit earlier than usual, we were ready for them.

The Silver Vixen ordered and received an insert for her sewing cabinet that fills the void around her sewing machine when it is in the operating position. Unfortunately this didn't fit so the supplier said they would recut the insert using our old one as a template. We had to get this all packed up safely and dropped off at a collection point. The Gorse Fox used this as an excuse to have a nice walk and combined this with a stop at Bognor Station to pick up his tickets for next Monday and a further stop at Sainsbury's. All in all it was about 5 miles all the way round, but it was good exercise.

The walk made the Gorse Fox realise that his walking shoes needed replacing. The soles are so thin now that he can feel every crack in the pavement and every bit of grit he steps on. When he got home he spent an hour or two looking at the Clarks Shoes site to find a suitable replacement pair. He narrowed it down to a shortlist of four styles. He phoned the local shop to ask if they had them in stock - no, no, no, and no came the answer. The suggestion was to try Chichester. He phoned. Of the four, only one was in stock in the colour required, two others had different colours available, and the one favoured most wasn't stocked. Well that was a success! We'll probably go into Chichester in the morning and take a look at what they have and at least try the on to see if the style is comfortable.