THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)

[goldfish]

Medusa - I think the site has been changed . .  try it here perhaps http://fitflopsaustralia-au.info/

[cookie1]

Cookie - our last big trip I cooked up a lot of meals, vac sealed them and froze them.
Which will only be any good if you have power to run a freezer....
Gee and I had some awesome thoughts on vego food to make and take too.
Oh well...

Thanks for your help too rostess. The camp oven is all ready to go. I would love to try a roast in it.
Nikkit I would love to do that but no freezer. We are taking the engel of course but that will run as a fridge. We have found that if we vacuum seal meat and freeze it, it will stay frozen for several days.

The couple with us are coming over tomorrow and we will do a bit of meal planning then.

[CreamPuff63]

cookie you could freeze up pre-made vego dishes as well. You are very experienced caravaner tho so you must be able to write a book about it. I think if I had a freezer on a road trip that is what I would do for as many meals as I could. Do they eat fish? milk and eggs?

[Yvette]

Medusa - I think the site has been changed . .  try it here perhaps http://fitflopsaustralia-au.info/

These shoes look interesting, I have been getting a really sore heel and have been wearing the scholl shoes orthaheel and boots which I can only get overseas I wonder how these work in comparison.

[CreamPuff63]

I get that too Yvette. If it feels like mine, you wake up in the morning and can hardly walk for a bit. You need to stretch the tendon between the toe and the heel, and I have a golf ball in a shoe box lid on the floor under my desk that I roll around to massage it. I also wear some comfy shoes that offer support under the arch.

[Yvette]

Yes CP mine is much better now that I have been wearing the shoes, i think it is called planter faciatis (spelling is probably wrong)
after I walked around the shops (before new shoes) I could hardly walk when I got home so annoying. It would be good if more shoes were available

[CreamPuff63]

yep thats the one. I reckon if I lost a bit of weight my feet would thank me, so I'll see if I can work on that theory 

[cookie1]

I've had that. One of the best things I found was stretching the calf muscle frequently. Put one leg behind you ( the sore one) , keep it straight and bend the front one   Do this while leaning on a wall. Not sure if that is very clear. Mine took about 12 months to clear up. I got it when I started wearing thongs, with no heel, around the house after retiring. I was so used to wearing a show with some heel that my feet didnt like it.

[CreamPuff63]

Bummer I wear thongs & flat shoes all the time! Do you mean a lunge?

[cookie1]

I'm no exercise person CP but you just do it and can feel it stretching the calf muscle, apparently that helps. It did for me. 

[Cuilidh]

Have  you tried wearing orthotics in your shoes (best fitted by a physiotherapist)?  I really find walking bare footed or with thin soled shoes terribly uncomfortable and, if my shoes don't have orthotics in them I have to wear sandals or shoes with inbuilt support such as Ecco or Birkenstock or else a good pair of trainers.  I just found this, courtesy of our good pal, Mr Google.

[droverjess]

Fit flops are fab.
I have the thongs for summer and the gogh (clogs ) as my house shoes in winter ( most of the year)
Have worn them since they first came out. They last years and years.
They also do shoes and boots but haven't tried those.

[droverjess]

This is what I bought today

Collection after we've moved.

[gertbysea]

Wow . Is that just a pup? Is there a lot of  training to be done?

Gert

[droverjess]

Yes Gert, born march so about 4 m old.
Easier to housetrain a youngster and get acquainted with us and our rules, before we get too busy with guests etc.
I will get some help to train him to sheep next year, it is easier if there's a trained dog already to set the youngster up to succeed, and I don't run as fast as I did.