Sore feet at Silmo

Anyone attending the French trade show Silmo in Paris this weekend will probably still be nursing sore feet. Not only did the English have to suffer defeat in the Rugby at the hands of the Springboks ( was that foot over the line?) but the French transport system had also ground to a strike-induced halt. One the morning of the show the Optician contingent had a three hour journey, mostly walking, to get to the show. When we finally got there I would normally have done what journos do best --moan about it. However as my advertising manager had walked all the way with me, and she had covered the same journey on foot in stiletto heels I suffered in silence.