The Slippers kingdom - chapter 17 One day, Cindy and Sandro wanted to visit a farm near their home, which they had heard about because the farmers offered direct sales of their produce. They were environmentally conscious and buying locally produced...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 16 Two weeks later, Cindy and Sandro were waiting for Mark and Mick to show them around the slipper kingdom. The two men had really enjoyed their impromptu mud ride and the couple thought they would like to visit the K...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 15 On that Saturday, Cindy and Sandro had decided to go shopping in a large furniture shop to complete their home. As they were doing more and more in the normal world, they decided to go with their slippers - they fou...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 14 After a whole day in the snow, they were all tired. They changed slippers and found that their feet had remained dry all this time: the snow was cold enough that no moisture had penetrated. Outside it was a real sno...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 13 Tired from their day's walking, the friends rested with a hot drink. They noticed that, for once, no one had sore feet or blisters. - It's great to walk in slippers! Your feet don't hurt in the evening, said Cindy....

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 12 Two weeks later, early in the morning, Jane and John arrived at Cindy and Sandro's house to leave for a three-day mountain hike in the Slipper Kingdom with a guide. They each had a large rucksack with warm clothes a...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 11 Over the next few weeks, Cindy and Sandro returned to the slipper kingdom several times. Sometimes it was just for a little while, in the evening after work, to take their minds off things. They would go through the...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 9 The following Friday, Cindy was to attend a picnic at a forest refuge with the small company she worked for. The spouses were also invited, so she planned to go with Sandro. She was working in a small team, there mus...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 8 The following Saturday, Sandro and Cindy were waiting for their friends Jane and John to go to the slipper kingdom to participate in the cross-country race. They had not had much time to themselves, and had not been...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 7 They found themselves at the edge of the lake, at the entrance to the wooden pontoon bridge that led to the temple. The entrance was guarded by three armed soldiers, two men and a woman. "Why all these precautions?"...

The Slippers kingdom - chapter 6 They walked through the forest toward the village. John walked beside his wife Jane, and said to her: "Finally, it's very nice to walk in slippers! It's very nice. We should do this all the time." And she replied: "Y...

The Slippers Kingdom - Chapter 3 For the next two days Cindy and Sandro did not have the opportunity to return to the Slipper Kingdom, as they were very busy with work, settling into their new home and visiting friends and family. They had agreed no...

The Slippers Kingdom part 1 Sandro had just moved into an old isolated farmhouse in the countryside, not far from the village. It hadn't cost much, and he knew there would be a lot of work to do. At 26 years old, he was happy to have been able to b...

In 1953, Philip H, a foreman in a Manchester factory, was about to realise his life's dream: to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which is almost 5,900 metres high. He was 45 years old and not a very experienced climber, but he was always quite sp...