I have managed to recover sufficiently to be able to make the trip to Azincourt tomorrow. It was touch and go for a bit this week.
Anyway, we are packing the bike ready for tomorrow’s ferry, so we have to pack light. Mrs. L tells me that she has only packed three pairs of shoes. I remind her that we are going to a field, so sensible footwear will be fine.
“But I have only got three pairs of shoes with me.” (Looking wistfully at the gazillion boxes in the wardrobe).
“That’s two pairs more than you need.”
“But… there’s the evenings and none of them match the dress I’m taking.”
“It’s a B&B, elegance, it ain’t, no one minds if they don’t match.”
“But I’m on holiday…”
“Look, it’s a field. A field with blokes in armour bashing the shit out of each other with swords and arrows. No one will care what shoes you are wearing, so long as they are practical – no heels, for example. Wear your bike boots.”
“But…”
“It’s a field, elegance, it ain’t.”
I think this one has a little way to run yet.
I have reminded her that she needs to leave some room for the baccy on the return journey….
I never fail to be amazed at the bloody stupid women tourists, who turn up at our re-enacments in 8″ bloody spikes heels.
In the last 10 years, I heve seen six or seven broken ankles.
Yeah, she ain’t that daft.
Ahhh, shoes. The bain of a married mans life
Lol not in our marriage they aint 😉 my hubby has way more shoes and clothes than me, I am very happy to go out in a crumpled shirt and old jeans, he will say “surely your NOT going out in THAT” and proceeds to get the iron out and iron everything 🙂
I own 3 pairs of shoes and one handbag.
I have to fight him for closet space.
😈
I’ve never understood the ‘Imelda Marcos’ syndrome. I can honestly swear that I never even notice what kind of shoes people are wearing (unless they’re rollerskates, or on fire, or something).
My ex-wife once told me that women don’t dress to impress men, but to impress other women. How weird is that? I’ve never once asked a girlfriend ‘Does my bum look better in these jeans than Kevin’s bum looks in those pants he’s wearing?’.
The mind boggles…
Have a fantastic time. I notice that it will be the 600th anniversary of the battle in 2015 which, coincidentally, is the next scheduled general election.
Makes yer fink, dunnit.
Tell Mrs L to get Rock Boots, mine go with everything, Stylish and practical I even wear them with my summer dress 🙂
Azincourt? Agincourt? Whatever – enjoy.
Azincourt is the correct spelling