Denis Lehane: In these icy conditions, the cobbler is the poor farmer’s friend

I nearly came a cropper, on the streets of Ballincollig last Wednesday night.

Icy conditions underfoot had a part to play in my near downfall, but my footwear that was the real culprit.

I had been wearing a pair of well worn boots on the evening in question and, like a jeep sitting on bald tyres, I was only asking for trouble.