Small steps that lead to giant leaps

Some years ago this corner of the newspaper had a Christmas outing which involved a kick-about on a soccer field, an outing which necessitated football boots.

On rooting in my storage space (ie my side of the bed), I discovered I no longer owned a pair of football boots, and realised I’d bought my last pair of boots without knowing it, a watershed of some importance.

A couple of weekends ago, I hit a related watershed when I bought a very first pair of football boots for a small person in this house.