Conquering my fears

Okay your probably saying big deal ..but for me it is ..each year i'm getting worse worrying that one day i wont venture out at all, when we get the sludge turn to ice i become an o.a.p so this morning i put on my hob nail boots and walked to the bank and and got a bag of groceries from Rainham and made it back unscathed and without humiliating myself holding on the wall doing a rather ungainly spider man shuffle down the top of my road :/ did do a little walk in the road until a massive lorry was behind and braved it back on to the pavement lol no broken bones and back with medication for flu son n#3

[Alison Tomlin]

Totally know what you mean. Was hanging on to a few Walls this morning while out with the dog. Not my favourite part of the whole snow experience.

[DavidCHR]

It's a fabulous B&W shot!
And I'm glad you made it out and back unscathed. :-)

[Alison Tomlin]

Ps like your boots!

[Nic Taylor]

@fueast lol thanks think jasmine would have me over for sure so its a ball chucking session down the garden for her today

[Alison Tomlin]

Leed walking out of the question in this for sure.

[John]

Ha ha, bless you Nic, I have grippy things I put on my shoes so I don't go arse over tit :D
Love your boots too.

[Richard Wood]

if they are union jack boots would love to see a selective colour version

[emily tull]

lovely crop and glad you're facing them :)

[Mr. T]

Love the boots and well worth facing your fears for a neat shot like this. :)

[Melanie Savage]

Love your shot! Not a silly fear at all, I am the same, and getting worse each year too! I had a small accident a few years ago where I lost control of my car on ice and skidded and had a bit of an accident with another car, although not serious at all, it made my nervousness for ice and snow much much worse. I love to see the snow but only when I know I don't need to be going anywhere! And don't mention the feeling of slipping and slidding on my feet, it makes me go funny just thinking about it!!

[Jo]

Great image and I can sympathise with your plight. But you went out (yay!), you made it back (yay!), you took a great photo (yay!) AND you have fabulous footwear!!!!! (YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!)

[Mike]

Great shot of very tiny feet!

[Nic Taylor]

@i have done sc but not on here but they are here in full colour :) http://365project.org/rainbowsnic42/365/2011-06-11

[Nic Taylor]

@jlhopgood pmsl yay tiz my fav word so YAYYYYYYYYY :)))) X

[Nic Taylor]

@caddick they do look silly small i agree but i am a 5 uk

[Nic Taylor]

@melaniesavage *nods* cars on the drive and thats where its staying lol

[Nic Taylor]

@houdiniem :)

[Heather]

that's why I moved to Arizona! I trashed my ice scrapper and haven't looked back.

[Nat Stuart Perks]

Sorry but can only imagine this feeling! I like your shoes tho!

[Wendy]

Great shot and glad you were able to conquer your fears today!

[Tracey Hatcher]

conquer by takeing baby steps it wks for me nice shot

[Nic Taylor]

@davidchrtrans thanks David :)

[Gita]

Lovely story and a great pic! Why dont you enter this one??

http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/10929/me-every-week-5-12-february-in-my-shoes

Just add a tag more to it! :)

[Nic Taylor]

@yogee246 yeah okay thanks :)

[Amy Spada]

Well done, Nic! It's easy to say don't worry but not easy to do sometimes. Nice pic and I like that you chose to do a B&W.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Brilliant. Just lurve those shoes xx

[Brian Baptie]

Well done to you!!

[BeckyS]

great shoes!

[Judith Greenwood]

I tried walking over a bridge today and was literally sliding back down it... It really winds me up that they don't provide any grit for footpaths or cycle paths - suddenly the only thing they care about is buses. It was so bad in Cambridge last winter that A&E was packed out - I had to cross a road with a steep camber with my hands on the road - its rubbish!!

[Bobbyj]

great composition and processing!

[Shanne]

well done for doing it - it's getting really icy on the paths at the moment, we had packed ice everywhere for months last year and the year before, this year it's so late it's going to clear reasonably quickly with any luck

[Craig Mitchell]

Loving the footwear !!

[Danielle Greenwood]

great shot, beautiful tones.

[Vicki K]

I guess when I look at snow it looks so beautiful and magical and soft and white....don't realise that it's wet and slippery and all that other bad shit that goes with it....SO A BIG YAY FOR YOU Nic xox

[Zoe Ferrie]

Great B&W shot, I totally get your fears over falling!