so i took them on a day holiday to newport!
we walked through reading to to train station, on the way the shoes saw an old cattle market, as the shoes are suckers for architecture they insisted on a holiday pose!
happy with that the shoes skipped off and almost missed the cows!, they do so love cows and couldn't resist feeling the grass in their soles, the smell, the feel, ahh they love them!
after a long walk we finally got to the train station, we had a bit of time till the train left so the shoes decided on doing a "pouty2 glammer shot infront of the station, can you see the poutyness?
the shoes love travelling, so when i told them about the world and how you cant travel to other countries without a passport they instantly wanted to get passport photo's done, i asked them who would be on the photo as you have to take them separately, they just stared me down and said "we come as a pair or not at all" but when they got in the booth, they soon realised that the world doesn't want shoes to travel on their own, the camera wouldn't take their photo, they were too short :(
sad about this they walked away, i could hear the sad squeak of their soles as they walked away, but then i reminded them that they were on holiday now, they snapped out of their sadness and got excited again, at least they could see England and wales!, they were jumping with joy!
we got to the ticket barrier, then they got happy the world doesn't cater for shoes, they didn't need a ticket, they just slid under the barrier like it wasn't there, they were mocking me for being so human!!! :(
we got to the platform, 5 minutes to our train, i couldn't contain the shoes excitedness!!! they were jumping, i even had to pull them back past the yellow line once a non-stop train went past, they almost got blown away!!, but they were first on our train when it arrived!
the train journey was long, a couple of hours, the shoes, so unused to walking on their own were already tired from our walk to the station, so they snuggled up in my arms and started snoozing
once we got to Newport, we saw all its glory and wonder, we went straight to the river, the glorious river "Usk" which had seen better days but it was still a sight to behold!
the shoves were talking in the fresh air of the coast and the river, it was nippy, the shoes were shaking a little from the cold but they were still so happy they could see this, that they had the time to just enjoy and not be on someone else's time line!
so they wanted a holiday pose snapshot to commemorate their freedom, their holiday
they poked me, they wanted a side photo so you could see the great architecture of the bridge
we found a shroom!!, walking along the river we found random things, a see through head and a shroom, the shoes dint really like shrooms, they have found through bad times that shrooms give people smellier feet and they have to put up with it, but this time it was different, it was a colour full metal shroom the shoes jumped on and had fun with, the shoes see shrooms in a different way these days, they think back to the memories of the holiday and it almost makes the shroom smelling feet bearable.... almost!
one of the other things on the river was a world map of old, i bet the shoes they couldn't find us and Stockholm, after a bit of time studying the map they both found where they thought they were, they were close!, Lefty just wanted a little surfing time so he purposely jumped on the water next to us on the map
it was time to head into town, so we stood at the lights, waiting for the green man, the shoes were really enjoying this, they could feel the nobbles of the pavement ooooh it was so relaxing and therapeutic, they were pressing themselves on the bumps making little purring noises, we almost missed the green man!
once we got into town we had to take a little time for a coffee and a break so we found the nicest coffee shop "#1 coffee", it was great in there, really old style, brushed wood, the shoes were just enjoying the relaxed atmosphere and feel of the place
i surprised them with a coffee!, they were so tired and thirsty they sucked it all out of the cup in a heartbeat, left was a little greedy but righty always forgives him
after that, i was relaxing but the shoes were pumped and ready to go, they just started walking out, i didn't want them to be lost and alone so i jumped up and joined them
Newport has some nice roads, we were exploring them and what the different ground felt like for the shoes, they liked the paving stones, they were flat and with the shoes new soles, spongy!
i took a sneaky pic of them when they wearnt looking, muhahaha!.... they heard the click and kicked me in the head for not warning them :( ow!
we were walking down random roads, seeing the different sneaky paths of Newport, the portals to the world and found a little road, it was full of graffiti and grime but it was still standing strong, still enduring, the shoes respected this, they felt like they understood the pain of the road and wanted to make the road feel a little better too, so they snuggled up to the road and good some holiday snaps with it, the road got a little happier, it thought no-one wanted to see it with its graffiti but the shoes are kind, they never want anything to feel sad, so the shoes snuggled more and made great friends with the road, as we walked away we could hear the words "thaaaaaaaank youuuuuuuu" on the wind coming from the road, the shoes and i will never forget the road!
the shoes don't care much for people, people are always mean to them, they always stare and say rude things to the shoes but the shoes always stand proud, they always endure, when they walk on their own, they feel the sun is on their side and they are unbeatable, as they walk like equals in the world of humans
this was a few weeks ago, since then, the shoes have moved to Sweden and are now enjoying the life Sweden and beautiful Stockholm offer them but they will never forget the holiday, they day that was theirs and the time they could enjoy life
thank you for reading
Regards
The Shoes and Ben
