Crocs away!

I have a bit of a shoe dilemma at the moment. As you know, I am off on holiday in 2 days, and have started sorting out clothes and things today in order not to leave my packing to the last minute. But I am a bit stuck what to do about shoes. Obviously I am taking my walking boots (proper mountain ones) for the trekking bits, and probably my sport sandals for faffing around in the sightseeing part. But what about the in-between bits? Like camping - I don't want to be encased in boots the whole time but want something a bit more substantial than sandals. So somebody suggested Crocs, which are those really stupid-looking plastic shoes (like what surgeons wear but without the holes) - apparently they are totally confortable, mould themselves to the foot, and are super-light and completely ideal. But I can't get over the fact that they look ridiculous and just plain wrong on adults! But since I'm going to be a scuzzy backpacker for 3 weeks, does it really matter if I have stupid shoes? I'd go for a rather unobtrusive colour like khaki rather than bright pink, but have about 48 hours to decide whether it's worth getting some. I'm definitely thinking practicality rather than aesthetics here...

Been talking about the Muse concert a lot at work this week as one of the other GPs went on the saturday, they had a great time too. Seems we all like the same sort of thing at work, which is pretty cool, although my music trivia is put to shame by Frank (dad of drummer in Razorlight) who was berating the younger ones of us today for not being able to name the members of the Kinks, one of whom was in his local the other night. Anyway, a couple of nice slow tunes for your enjoyment today, first by Muse which I hadn't heard for ages before the concert, it's a bit of a sad one as most people have some relationship angst that they associate with this song from around 2000. Then it's Rufus Wainwright whose latest album is my current favourite, this song isn't on it but it is on the Shrek soundtrack!