The Mystery of the Shrinking Shoe.

When we were at the Malvern Autumn Show, I saw a stall selling Backdoor Shoes. They are a lightweight, clog style shoe and I thought a pair would be ideal for Mike.

When you are living in a MotorHome, by the very nature of the beast, you are out in fields and tend to get muddy feet, that you really don't want to be walking in over the carpet. I have a pair of fit flops, which have thick soles and are ideal for walking around, even in cold weather, for toilet and shower trips and can be kicked off at the door. Mike only had proper shoes, which are a pain to put on and remove, everytime you need to walk across the Site.

So he was persuaded to buy a pair and they worked very well. That is until we got to Sandy Balls.

One morning he complained that he couldn't get the one shoe on. I didn't take too much notice at first but then he removed the in-sole and still couldn't walk in it.

After his sprained ankle at the start of our journey, I was a bit concerned his foot had swollen up again. So he was called in for a foot inspection but his foot looked quite normal. So then I had a look at his shoe. I was feeling a bit exasperated, as he can be a bit of a drama queen at times.

I looked and looked and looked again. Although both shoes were displaying the same size on the bottom, one was now a good half inch shorter than the other!

This was most puzzling.

Then I realised what had happened. Although we have a gas warm air heating system in the MotorHome, we'd realised it will save us a lot of money if we plug in a small electric fan heater and use the electric Hook-up, which is included in our daily site fee.

What must have happened is that Mike had kicked one of his shoes off in front of the heater and the heat shrank it.

That was a waste of £20!