Walking on air!

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...Many years ago on a holiday to the Isle of Skye I discovered I had forgotten to pack my walking boots! A trip to the Island outdoor shop was necessary and after trying on several different makes I finally opted for a pair of Merrell walking shoes. Fast forward almost a decade and I can honestly say these were the best pair of shoes I have ever bought. Sadly after walking many miles my shoes had started to show their age! A few months ago I decided it was time to buy a new pair. Having had such a positive experience with Merrell I knew I wanted to stick with the brand. A trip to my local Milletts revealed a few styles in the Merrell range. I have fairly skinny ankles and so find that high walking boots tend to rub my ankle bone. For this reason I wanted a trainer like walking shoe. I didn?t want anything to heavy either .The Merrell...

anwar 09.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Merrell Siren Ventilator Women's Walking Shoes

Merrell Siren Shoe

Advantages: Excelent support and ventilation
Disadvantages: Non that I have been able to identify as yet

..., base layers and such like, for my training during the winter as well as the Merrell Siren shoe as a possible approach shoe. I hadn?t. Staff then moved onto showing which jackets had which benefits and which of these benefits I would need, and asked me if I would need anything extra to what they had shown me. As I hadn?t thought of anything like this, the staff I must say had the patience of saints to put up with my errrr?s and arrrrrr?s!! I had never had base layers before, only the old fashioned thermals! I was shown a range of Merino wool products from Icebreaker and how they would keep me warm and help to keep me comfortable when walking. Overall, I was very impressed with the staff LD Mountain Centre, as well as the variety of products and brands they stocked both in store and online at www.ldmountaincentre.com Out of all...

roddy2410 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Merrell Siren Ventilator Women's Walking Shoes

these shoes are made for walking

Advantages: long lasting, ideal changing weather
Disadvantages: you get so used to wearing them you don't like going out in your heels!

...These are the third pair of Salomon shoes I?ve owned and I don?t think I will ever buy a different brand of walking shoe again. I live in a hilly area and don?t have a car and therefore do a lot of walking, not only are they incredibly comfortable but they keep my feet dry in the wettest of weather but at the same time circulate air and therefore I?ve never had the ?smelly trainer? problem. Basically they are warm and dry in winter and cool in the summer. As well as the everyday use mentioned above I?ve also wear them for more challenging walking, for example coastal path walks. My last pair lasted over three years with consistent use but not until the very end did they show any sign of their age. I also, and I know this is a very personal preference, find them much more attractive than a normal trainer....

wenttomow10 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Salomon Women's Exit Aero Shoes

What Women Want? Chocolate and Shoes!

Advantages: funny most of the way through
Disadvantages: Helen Hunt's character

...Firstly, I would like to point out that this is a film-only review, as I don't actually own the DVD, but I have seen the film on TV several times now. Mel Gibson plays Nick Marshall, an advertising exec, who is looking forward to being promoted at the huge ad agency he works at. When Nicks boss announces that he has given the job to someone else, Nicks ego is bruised, but when he finds out that he is being replaced with a woman, he's totally outraged. Nick is a bit of a male chauvinist pig, and doesn't see what a woman can bring to the job that he can't. Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt), the woman who got the job ahead of Nick, turns up on her first day and calls a meeting. She presents the predominantly male workforce with a box of products commonly used by women, including lipstick, stockings, a leg waxing kit and a tub of bath beads...

pink_champagne 12.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of What Women Want (DVD)

Walk A Mile In Her Shoes...

Advantages: Toni Collette, Jerry Adler, Francine Beers...
Disadvantages: ... Diaz's character is highly annoying, poor pacing

...This is a FILM ONLY review -------------------------------------- In Her Shoes is the story of two sisters falling out and eventually patching things up again, which will either make you want to see it or have you running for cover. If it weren't for the fact that it stars 2 of my favourite actresses - the brilliant Toni Colette and (the slightly less brilliant) Cameron Diaz, I probably wouldn't have bothered with it. But it did, so I did. The story centres around the two sisters, stereotypically dependable Rose (Toni Collette) and stereotypically unreliable Maggie (Cameron Diaz). At the start of the movie Maggie is doing her normal at school reunions - getting drunk, ending up in the lavatory with some guy she may or may not remember the name of, passing out? and of course it's Rose who has to come to her rescue. When Maggie...

CaptainDisaster 11.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of In Her Shoes, Curtis Hanson

Scone Shoes

Advantages: comfortable, better fitting shoes at reasonable prices
Disadvantages: limited range, most of them are quite ugly

...First let me explain ?scone shoes.? When I first ordered shoes from the Shoe Tailor, experts in wider-fitting shoes, I measured my feet incorrectly and found that the only shoes in their catalogue that would fit me were their widest, ugliest, most orthopaedic, brown, granny shoes: the type you might wear to go out with your friends for a scone, in your later years. Hence my friends groaningly called them my ?scone shoes? and walked several yards behind me on the way to the pub every night. They were very comfy! However, they fell apart after a couple of years of continuous wear, and once gone, same said friends took me shopping to some ?proper? shoe shops in Glasgow and I never once consulted my Shoe Tailor catalogue again. That was about eight years ago, and although I?m not exactly old and doddery yet, I am finding shoes to be...

molelover 06.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Shoe Tailor

Dancing shoes on

Advantages: well thought out characters and a nice story
Disadvantages: likely to make you cry

...I first read Ballet Shoes when I was eight. It was the first of Noel Streatfield's books I'd read, and it remains my favourite. I put it away during my teenage years and forgot about it until Christmas 2007 when I watched the BBC adaptation with Emma Watson. I went to Indonesia and got the film on knock-off DVD, and immediately after watching I rang home to get my parents to order me a copy. It was a great welcome home. The book opens with 'Garnie' moving into a huge mansion, filled with fossils. She and her nurse (Nana) are moving in with her uncle. You don't really get any of their story until one day her uncle Matthew arrives home from a trip with a package, containing of all things... a baby! They agree to take the baby and name her Pauline. Once Pauline is a bit older, and Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) is away again, another package...

M.Newcastle 02.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild

Shoe in

Advantages: Comfortable
Disadvantages: Big, ugly, flamboyantly coloured

...As some of you may already be aware, the way to my heart is with handbags and shoes. Large cash deposits are also much appreciated but don?t come along all that often. As far as shoes are concerned, I like pretty shoes, generally with sparkly bits and, ideally, bows. However, for the past couple of weeks I?ve been limping in the manner of a geriatric who has recently had a hip replaced. This could be due to the fact that I attempted to kick a 6 ton boat off a rock (that some other incompetent had wedged it on, I hasten to add) or it could be down to years of wearing shoes that are too tight, too cramped, too high, or just weighed down with too many bows. It had got to the stage that I was limping so badly that my knee had become quite sore as a result of walking awkwardly on my left foot, and I really thought that ropes and some...

tallulahbang 04.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Crocs Cayman Shoes

Get Loose with the Women!

Advantages: Funny, some great debates!
Disadvantages: B List celebrities!

... Loose Women Loose Women is a daytime TV programme which is shown 5 days a week on ITV, from 12 (midday) to 1pm. The show is on Monday to Friday, just after This Morning. The show is aimed mainly at women, who may be unemployed and with a young family, people who are home during the day, so the age range which they cover is from young students right up to old age pensioners, and everyone in between. Although the show is aimed at women, there are men who follow the programme, and who go to the studio to watch the show been filmed and aired. The show is live everyday, so you are sure some laughs! Who is on the show? The show is hosted by 4 women everyday, this group of women change weekly, but there are a larger group of women who take part in the show: Carol McGiffen Sherrie Hewson Colleen Nolan...

stephbond89 17.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Loose Women

For a happy walk!

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...My 2 year old setter is still a work in progress as far as training goes. We have done the rounds of puppy and dog training and have the certificates to prove it! However he is still not reliable at coming back when called. Having a tasty treat in my pocket certainly helps to persuade him to return to me, his so called pack leader! In Tesco recently I spotted a plastic container of Bakers happy walks on sale. As they were on offer for under £1 I decided to buy a box. Bakers happy walks come in a white plastic flip top container. They are the perfect size to fit in a pocket. On pulling back the foil seal I was struck by the very strong smell! It wasn?t unpleasant just a very powerful meaty smell, the kind my dog loves! Each treat looks like a very small roll about the size of a cigarette stub. Inside the roll is a darker layer of meat...

anwar 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bakers happy walks pocket pack