We had to select the right hats, socks, coats.
However, at the back of my mind buzzed a very important question. Which earrings?
I could not ignore this crucial issue.
Modest studs would have been the most practical.
But ten whole days without any bling?
I settled on a pair of abalone pendants. They were handed to me by a stranger in a bag of scrap jewellery. The occasion was a Repair Fair where I was mending people's costume jewellery.
'I don't want this lot any more. Feel free to canibalise it.'
The abalone earrings reminded me of my very first pair, when I was eighteen, so are perfect for an adventure.
They have probably spent years in some dusty drawer before being cast into a plastic bag and given away.
I do hope they are as excited at the prospect of an expedition as I am.
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