Wanderlust is the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge this week, with an invitation to “share a photo that represents travel to you”.
My well-worn hiking boots represent travel as they satisfy my “itchy feet” when it’s time to get out into the great outdoors again. The wilder the better is the way I like it.
For example, last year, my husband and I spent nearly three weeks camping in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, needing to be self-sufficient with water, food and fuel. This was our second visit there, and one of our favourite campsites (consisting of a lone tree and a broken long-drop toilet and being 50 kilometres from the nearest campsite – or person) might seem remote, but it is alive with all manner of flora and fauna.
How lovely to be far away from work and worries, and cooking supper over a campfire under a starry sky, completely solitary and feeling protected each night by the highly vocal lions patrolling the area.
Although the campfire in this picture is in a wild place, we also enjoy cooking over an outdoor fire even when at home in our suburban garden
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Posted by Carol
May 16, 2017 at 12:54 pm
They’ve seen some miles …… My boots look very like yours, the lining has worn away, and the end is nigh.
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May 16, 2017 at 3:02 pm
It’s always sad to have to part with well-worn boots. New ones are such strangers!
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April 29, 2017 at 9:07 am
Nice take on the challenge, Carol.
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April 29, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Thanks Stefano.
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April 27, 2017 at 9:47 pm
Great picture of those boots. They’ve seen some miles ……
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April 28, 2017 at 5:55 am
Yes they have, but still have a few more miles in them. I hope so as new boots can take ages to wear in.
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April 28, 2017 at 7:10 am
I know. My boots look very like yours, the lining has worn away, and the end is nigh. Dreading it ….
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April 28, 2017 at 9:38 am
I so understand. My previous pair of boots even had their lining patched during their declining years – I still use them for the occasional walk. They look like a relic from a bygone era. To be dead honest, they are …
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