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The Register — 2015
17 entries, #72 to #88 · transcribed from the notebook
This is the year the folder starts. There were reports going round a walking forum, early 2015, about a shoe somewhere Heckmondwike way. More than one person, and the details didn't match up, which is usually how you know there's summat in it. I opened a folder for it and the folder is still open. I'll say no more about that here because none of it is confirmed and confirmed is what the register is for. The other thing I notice transcribing this notebook is the flask starts appearing in the notes partway through the year. I couldn't tell you when I decided that. There's no announcement, it's just in one day and then it's in every day after, which I suppose is how most of the method arrived. Seventeen shoes. A lot of Mirfield and that side of the district, on account of the reports, though I want to be clear the shoes I logged over there were ordinary shoes, found and confirmed proper. Biro held out the full year. Our Linda did the sandwiches throughout.
#72
10 January 2015 · Right trainer, white
Calder & Hebble towpath, Shepley Bridge, Mirfield
Right trainer, white gone grey, laces gone entirely. On the towpath edge near Shepley Bridge Marina. Cold morning, frost on the lock beams. Photograph didn't come out. First of the year and a fair way from my usual ground, but a shoe is a shoe.
#73
7 February 2015 · Left boot, black
Dam path, Scammonden Water
Left boot, black, laces in but loose. Sole coming away at the toe. Lying on its side on the dam path below the M62 bridge. Wind were strong enough to lean on. Took two photographs, neither came out.
#74
28 February 2015 · Child's shoe, left, blue
Ledgard Bridge, Mirfield
Child's shoe, left, blue with a velcro strap, so no laces to record. Good condition. Sat on the wall by Ledgard Bridge as if put there. Grey day, no rain. Noted and left where it was.
#75
14 March 2015 · Right boot, brown
Conduit path, Deer Hill
Right boot, brown leather, one lace missing, heel worn down on the outside. In the grass beside the conduit path. Bright but bitter. Flask were still warm at eleven, which I've decided is worth putting down. Photograph came out, more or less.
#76
4 April 2015 · Left trainer, black
Green Lane, Heckmondwike
Left trainer, black, laces tied, hardly worn. On the verge along Green Lane. I were over that way for other reasons and found this on the walk back to the car. An ordinary shoe, and I record it as such. Mild, spitting on. Flask not opened.
#77
18 April 2015 · Right plimsoll, white
Reservoir path, Blackmoorfoot
Right plimsoll, white, elastic sort, no laces. Faded but sound. On the reservoir path at the south corner. Fine morning, water flat. Flask conditions good. Sat ten minutes with it, cheese and pickle, then carried on round.
#78
9 May 2015 · Left boot, brown
Wessenden Head path, above Marsden
Left boot, brown, laces in and knotted, upper cracked across the toe. Been out a while by the look of it. On the path edge above the second reservoir. Cloud down on the tops, cleared by ten. Flask conditions fair. Photographs didn't come out.
#79
23 May 2015 · Right trainer, grey
Roberttown Lane, Liversedge
Right trainer, grey, laces present, mud on the sole only. On the grass by Roberttown Lane, near the church end. Over that side again on account of the folder, though this shoe has nowt to do with any of that. Warm, dry. Flask conditions good.
#80
13 June 2015 · Child's sandal, left, brown
Castle Hill, Almondbury
Child's sandal, left, brown, buckle sort, no laces. Under the wall on the path up from Lumb Lane. Clear day, could see Emley mast plain. Flask conditions good, sat a while at the top after. Photograph came out.
#81
27 June 2015 · Right boot, tan
Layby near Nont Sarah's, A640, Scammonden
Right boot, tan, work sort, laces gone, steel toe showing through. In the layby on the A640 near Nont Sarah's. Crackin' morning, wind for once behaving itself. Flask conditions very good. Took three photographs and one came out.
#82
11 July 2015 · Left trainer, white
Calder & Hebble towpath, below Mirfield station
Left trainer, white with a green stripe, laces tied together, which I note but don't explain. On the towpath below the station. Warm, midges about. Flask conditions poor, tea stewed, my own fault for filling it at six. Photograph came out grainy.
#83
1 August 2015 · Right boot, black
Lock 42E, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Marsden
Right boot, black, laces in, good condition apart from the left one being absent, wherever that is. On the beam side of Lock 42E. Still morning, canal like glass. Flask conditions good. Egg and cress, for a change. Sat twenty minutes.
#84
29 August 2015 · Left shoe, black
Scapegoat Hill Road, above Golcar
Left shoe, black, lace-up, five eyelets, laces missing. Ordinary town shoe, odd spot for it, though I don't go into that. On the verge near the top of Scapegoat Hill Road. Blustery with rain coming sideways by nine. Flask conditions fair. No photograph.
#85
12 September 2015 · Left boot, brown
Footpath off Walkley Lane, Heckmondwike
Left boot, brown, laces in, well worn. On the footpath off Walkley Lane. I'll note plainly this is not the shoe the forum lot go on about. It's a brown boot and it's number 85 and that's the end of it. Dry, mild. Flask conditions good.
#86
3 October 2015 · Right trainer, blue
Spillway path, Butterley Reservoir, Marsden
Right trainer, blue, laces present but frayed to nowt at the ends. On the steps by the spillway. First proper cold morning of the autumn, leaves coming down on the water. Flask conditions excellent. Two photographs, one came out.
#87
14 November 2015 · Left brogue, dark brown
St Mary's churchyard, Mirfield
Left brogue, dark brown, laces tied, recently polished by the look of it. Against the churchyard wall at St Mary's, Mirfield. A smart shoe for a churchyard, which I only observe. Rain on and off. Flask conditions fair, drunk in the car. Photograph didn't come out.
#88
12 December 2015 · Right boot, brown
Canal towpath, Slaithwaite
Right boot, brown, one lace, sole sound. On the towpath by the boatyard, Slaithwaite. Last of the year. Hard frost, towpath like iron underfoot. Flask conditions good, and needed. Seventeen this year, which is the most so far, though I don't keep count for the sake of it.