Big day

Just about six months since their replacements were bought in mid June, having finally broken in those replacements, I have consigned my old trainers to the black dustbin, that is to say the landfill dustbin.

Eco-credentials preserved by the removal of the laces and their ceremonial adding to the plastic bag of same which is kept in the study. A legacy from FIL.

Checking the date of purchase of the replacements in gmail, I am reminded that the Cotswolds people of reference 2 send out plenty of advertising emails and that I am considered a fair target for them. And I learn from Wikipedia that they started in a garage in Wiltshire in 1974 - about the time that I was entering the civil service - and were reduced to applying for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) earlier this year. Yet another good formula - with friendly and knowledgeable sounding staff - rather in the way of the late Oddbins - which expanded too far? But they are still trading, so maybe they are on the mend.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/06/trainers.html. For the record, the first word of this post, 'Last', should be replaced by the phrase 'Just about'. More sloppy proof reading.

Reference 2: https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/.

Reference 3: https://www.gov.uk/company-voluntary-arrangements.'If your limited company is insolvent, it can use a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to pay creditors over a fixed period. If creditors agree, your limited company can continue trading'.