I went into the Clarks shoe shop this morning & couldn't believe the queue for children's shoes, they even had extra chairs out so they could sit down while queueing!
It's been pouring down again today so we've lots of floods on the roads.
The River Wyre has burst its banks again & people in Churchtown have had to be evacuated again. They have only been back in thief homes a few weeks. One couple with the man in a wheelchair who have been living in a caravan are flooded again! Heartbreaking.
Three good things:
1. Took Jack to the train station this morning so popped into M&S for some food bits & bobs to take with us to Hawkshead tomorrow & I saw some jeans I've been watching out for for ages in my size.
2. Good sunny warm weather forecast for the rest of the week.
3. There's someone coming to pick up the Hoover at five. It keeps cutting out although Harry has cleaned every filter & pipe he can find!
@farmreporter Wendy that's how they display the shoes here, all new ladies stock there you can see on the right. You look at the shoe & if you want to try the assistant brings you the right size!
Oh yes, I have this to come in the next week. It's a grim job getting ready for school and the shoes are my least favourite thing to get. Great to find things you actually want in a sale.
Clarks must have been going for decades. I remember wearing Clarks shoes at school a long, long time ago! There was even a kind of Xray machine to check they fitted!
Ooh my goodness -- everyone leaving it till the last minute in case the little feet will grow out of them before term starts !! Clarks has been going on for ages -- I also had Clarks shoes for school when I was a child !
@beryl So did I Berly & we had some sort of weird machine that took photos of you feet when you stood on it. Yes I think that's why they leave it til the last minute, feet can grow so quickly!
And that's why I bought mine in the second week of the holidays!! They can't possibly grow that much in a few weeks that it will change their shoe size! I can't cope with the stress. We went in and out and had shop to ourselves.
@newbank sensibly you Ruth, I was shocked at the queue on a Monday morning in the pouring rain! iPads!! You would get the best choice too, makes sense!
@happypat I was traumatised by my second ever trip to Clarks with a one year old Sammy...... We waited a whole hour to get shoes ( which he really needed) in a small, hot, busy shop.....it was traumatic. Since then I have always kicked them out of bed and got to the Clarks shop when it opens at 9am to never ever repeat that experience again!!
Great shot! Saw there had been flooding in north of England on the BBC news tonight. Meanwhile we are having rather nice weather....for a change. One of my neighbours (a farmer) told me we'd had 8 times more rain than usual since June!!! So we are enjoying it and the farmers are happy.
@sdutoit I think the way the shoes are set out are different to some shops perhaps, I only went in to look at boots which I love but daren't buy anymore as I have plenty of boots!
I feel sorry for you with all that rain. Just wish you could send some of it down here. We had just a little last night and hardly any on Friday when it was supposed to pour down all day. The garden is bone dry - like a rock in places, and I've been trying to do some gardening today!
@busylady and hotter too over the next few days I see Judith! We grumble about rain but it is needed so badly so should be thankful. Except if you're flooded again that is!
Well captured!