Accessorizing

. If Dame Viviane made wellies (does she? I want some), she would make them like mine, I am sure.

The ingenuity brought about through practicality lends itself a particular style. My socks are too short for my boots, and so walking and working in humidity for hours causes chafing and an unsightly rash if I don´t have trousers tucked inside. And so my ´pirate´turn downs provide a simple and chic solution.

So far I have yet to find an answer to the question of the mid-calf tan line.

A pocket knife is a girl´s best friend. So far mine has been used for (amongst other things):

• chopping vegetables in the rainforest, as an alternative to the customary machete


• freeing a fallen horse from its load in the jungle


• tweezing splinters


• making a ling shot to collect leaf specimens


• jungle manicures (apparently in Spanish there is a special word for the dirt under one´s nails)


• piñata production

.....and tonight, I will attempt to give myself a haircut with it.