The Abandoned Shoe of the Week Award

Picking up the second in a pair of #abandonedshoe of the Week awards.

Today I heard via Twitter that I'd won the 'Abandoned Shoe of the Week' Award for last week!

The prestigious prize is awarded by the Abandoned Shoe Spotter @abandonedshoes for the best abandoned shoe spotted that week. The victory came after I submitted a photo of a turquoise coloured Flip-Flop (right foot) that I spotted on Oakley Road in Leagrave, Luton.

The award winning #abandonedshoe

The backdrop to the photo adds another layer of intrigue!

Last April (where has the year gone?) I won my first of the pair of 'Abandoned Shoe of the Week' awards for spotting a pointy leather, or pleather, shoe (also a righty) near the Luton Town centre stop of the Luton-to-Dunstable Busway.

The UK abandoned shoe count currently stands at: 2,236.

Links:

- Abandoned Shoes on Twitter

- Abandoned Shoes on Facebook

- #abandonedshoe

Related blog post:

- Abandoned Shoe Of The Week!

Where skateboards (and skater’s shoes) go to die

While in London for a day out on Wednesday Emily and I wandered over the Hungerford Bridge and spotted this odd sight!

The skateboard (and abandoned shoes) graveyard on Hungerford Bridge in London

The bit of the bridge (one of the supporting struts) where the broken skateboards have been thrown is very near to the Southbank LondonSkatepark.

There were an awful lot of abandoned shoes in the ‘graveyard’ too! How many can you spot?

I recently read in the London Evening Standard that the Skatepark will be getting some investment to be redeveloped. A letter writer to the paper had suggested the area be turned into a Crazy golf course – that’d be a nice addition to the area as London has a dearth of permanent Miniature Golfcourses.

Related Blog posts:

- Abandoned Shoes
- London

Abandoned Shoe Of The Week!

Winning the Abandoned Shoe Of The Week title!

I recently found out that I'd won a 'coveted' internet title, that being the spotter of the "Abandoned Shoe Of The Week" from @abandonedshoes on Twitter!

The Abandoned Shoe of the Week prize winner!

Thanks to my friend and sometimes Minigolf ally Kevin Moseley tipping me off about the mission of @abandonedshoes to have all sightings of Abandoned Shoes reported to them, I've sent in a few photos of any that I have spied around Luton!

In recent weeks Emily and I have spotted a couple of sole items of footwear opposite one another on the building works of the new Luton to Dunstable Guided Busway in the town centre. It was the second, pointy shoe, rather than the original fancy shoe, that was awarded the "Abandoned Shoe Of The Week" prize.

The UK abandoned shoe count currently stands at: 1,336!

Links:

- Abandoned Shoes on Twitter

- Abandoned Shoes on Facebook