I'm off to walk the coastal path

my rucksack is so heavy that

I have to go indoors, unpack

and start again.

Take out those sandals.

I need boots

only boots will do

for grinding my way

up all those hills.

Don't need my hairbrush

the wind will do the job

don't need a flannel when

there's rain.

Don't need a book

too much to see and do

and think about each night

to make me sleep tight.

Those extra trousers -

I don't need them when

just the one's I'm wearing

and the one T shirt

will do.

Don't need a tent

I'll find a B & B

no tins of food

a pub meal each night

will be just fine for me.

So all I need to take

is a pair of nail scissors.

When I'm away my toe nails will grow

and nothing spoils the view

so much as a painful toe

when your toe nails

are trying to push out of your boots.

So that's just the nail scissors then.

And they'll go in my pocket.

Bye!