{"id":11437,"date":"2026-03-31T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/travellers-best-friend\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:41:22","slug":"travellers-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/travellers-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Traveller&#8217;s Best Friend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-006.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (6)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-006.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-006.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-006.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; is one that you can count on! One that stays with you through thick and thin, through active adventures and lazy days out. Okay, these might sound a bit O.T.T. but I have effectively been travelling for years with these shoes now so I do believe they deserve the hype they get. \ud83d\ude42 These are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatham.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham Marine<\/a> shoes I spoke about.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-002.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-002.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-002.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Blue ones are the old ones and the brown ones are the new ones and they&#8217;re fantastic! Like I said before, they&#8217;re great for doing everyday things and though I may have knocked the shape out of the blue ones with a combination of my wide&nbsp;feet and getting them wet in the rapids at Universal Studios Orlando they&#8217;re good enough to form part of a more formal evening outfit. I&#8217;ve gone on too many holidays in the past with just those shoes and they are so versatile!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-001.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-001.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-001.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can of course imagine my delight when I got the new pair! I should technically show you only the new &#8216;shiny&#8217; ones but here&#8217;s a tribute to the old and the new. The next main question is which one to go travelling with&#8230; stick with the old or give the new a chance&#8230; Hmm&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-003.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (3)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-003.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-003.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-003.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-004.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (4)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-004.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-004.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-004.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-005.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (5)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-005.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-005.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-005.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-007.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatham Marine Boat Shoes on Hand Luggage Only (7)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-007.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-007.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shoes-007.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; is one that you can count on! One that stays with you through thick and thin, through active adventures and lazy days out. Okay, these might sound a bit O.T.T. but I have effectively been travelling for years with these shoes now so I do believe they deserve the hype they get. \ud83d\ude42 These &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[661],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-hacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}