![]() ![]() The elongated scallop shell at the end of my road pointed north to Galicia, leading pilgrims across the Iberian peninsula to Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St James the Apostle are said to be buried in the city's 10th-Century cathedral.Ī network of medieval routes across Spain, France and Portugal, the Camino de Santiago grew in popularity after the Galician priest Father Elías Valiña Sampedro marked the route with yellow arrows in the 1980s. Between the ages of three and 10, I lived in what was then a small dirt-road village on the south-east coast of Spain. I was a just child when I saw my first Camino sign. But then I saw something ahead that urged me to continue: a yellow scallop shell on a blue roundel. With rain seeping through my jacket and my hiking boot lost to a cabbage field, I wanted to give up. At first, I thought they were laughing at my failed attempts to escape the mud, but it soon dawned on me that I looked like a drowned field mouse, and they were likely eyeing me for dinner. In the sky, two red kites circled above me, letting out high-pitched whistles between swoops. Walking through flooded English farmland during one of the wettest Marches on record, I'd slipped out of my left boot, leaving me balancing on one foot over a muddy puddle that was big enough to bathe in. It was a stormy afternoon and I was stuck in a cabbage field in rural Berkshire. I retreated back to my one-legged scarecrow, unsure of what to do next. ![]() I turned my head in slow motion to look for my shoe over my right shoulder, which made my standing leg and arms flail like an inflatable tube man. Thank you for understanding.I was balancing on one leg, arms outstretched like a scarecrow. Sometimes it may be darker or lighter, so if tone of the leather is important factor for you, please contact us before purchase to ascertain which color exactly we have in stock at the moment. Important note: leather shades may vary, as unfortunately we can't control color of leather which comes from our suppliers. Please contact us if you have any additional questions. To check how to measure yourself please click here. On the other hand, be very cautious about it and check your kid's feet condition regularly and ask them how do they feel to prevent any kind of unpleasantness, especially when the shoes are freshly bought. These shoes look great and will work great if you pay attention to proper sizing, comfortable socks, and some extra time your kids need to get used to them. We used a micropore outsole that imitates the look of leather but is softer and protects your feet better when walking and running. Our modern feet are too soft for this, especially when it comes to kids, so make sure your kids don't rub their feet too hard. ![]() However, the insole is flat so we recommend getting used to them step by step, starting from a very limited time, and do not recommend wearing them all the time. These shoes are made of leather and have a leather lining inside and a latex softening layer between them. So we tried to find the best balance in order to make them look well and be a little bit cozier than their medieval prototype. Ancient footwear, originally, was way less comfortable and way rougher than what we are used to nowadays. ![]() Making footwear for kids is very complicated, making medieval footwear for kids is one step from being impossible. So, we felt obliged to provide them with a possibility to be "medieval" head to toe. Well, we knew that making footwear for kids will bring a lot of challenges but we also knew that sometimes our small customers are very sensitive to their look. "Fireside Family" kids shoes Medieval leather shoes for children ![]()
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