Banana skin!

Avid readers (should that be singular?) may remember my excitement in the post way back in January about my new bowls shoes, under Foot Fetish Farce. Or maybe that should be 'bowls' shoes.

Popping up to the kitchen hatch to say thank you for the post men's league match evening meal, the two ladies queried what footwear I was wearing on the green. Since I had my bag with me I whipped out said items, only to receive frowns of disapproval. With these two you're never left in any doubt about how they feel. Ladies team captain and a senior player on the County front, no less! Seems I've slipped up. My shoes are flat soled, but they're not bowls shoes. Wearing them, I would suffer the humiliation of ejection from any major bowls event.

Maybe it's more than an omen. Playing in a County Benevolent Triples competition the end of this month at Brampton. Asked way back last autumn by two of the club's lady members if I'd join them to form a team. Only just told I'm required to wear white. I can wear my club top, and might suffer a bit in waterproof white trousers if it's a hot day. But the shoes are brown.

So I'm now trawling the Internet seeing what I can get for a reasonable price. Apparently proper bowls shoes have a green sole, so keeping a keen eye out for that.

This will be my third pair of bowls shoes in just over a year of playing the game. Think it just might be a good idea to also do a Google search on the topic of 'Good excuses to give your wife for spending even more money on bowls shoes'.