Replacements for Autumn

 It's rather a warm start to the day, quite a bit better in some respects from when I was away and this week I'm looking more towards Autumn and assessing the stuff I got as clothes obviously do wear over time and so you do need to replace things from time to time.

According to my notes the last pair of trainers I bought was in the Autumn of 2011, as we were coming out of Covid and not long after going away for the first time since lockdown to The Lakes as my older pair had become somewhat worn in that period not being helped by my walking gait being affected by having a week left side, wearing one side rather more than the other especially around the heels.

My current pair are starting to show signs of that wear although they've done a lot better than much of my footwear past and present on that score and so I got a pair of Adidas Juniors Tensaur Sport 2.0 CF K Hook & Loop School Shoes in black as they look hard wearing and fasten with velcro.

Winter for me always brings challenges with gripping in the season of ice and snow before the twist and turns of our pavements that making walking hard going are taken into account fo starting the season with a brand new pair of trainers with excelent grip is a must.

Given the odd pair of these traditional argyle patterned socks have lost one  of a pair in the wash over the years I bought a pack of three as being made from wool, they do keep your legs and feet very warm in winter whatever the length of your short trousers.

G is for Garters

 Bit of short post this week not being helped by being quite ill here but here goes.

Socks are a thing we are very familiar with and generally we wear long socks, traditionally with turn over tops with our short trousers but as most of us can recall one common problem tended to be that some socks seem to slide down very quickly.

Because generally it is held we should look smart and presentable at all times, most of us got told to "pull your socks up" literally a good number at times at school and other similar setting with standards.

Quite why some socks seem to stay up well for long and others do not isn't something I have cracked although it may be connected with the tightness of the sock weave and material.

In girls socks today the use of lycra in the elastic tends to work well in keeping them up.

Boys usually rely upon sock garters to hold them up that usually come in two forms, this which tended to be more common  is more like an adjustable elasticated band that once tightened and locked can be slide over the sock and is then covered by the turn over top of your socks.

The other is more familiar to us in traditional wolf cubs/cubs is a piece of elastic sowed together that holds the decorative sashs as here typically green which peep out of the turned over portion outwards.

Garters do play important part within boys and adult school boys lives, are items that are checked upon in certain contexts and are a part of our presentation.

Picture credits: Albert Prendergast Ltd of Derbyshire.