Well, I thought I would never do this but I bought a pair of YakTrax, wire ice grips to strap onto the undersole of my boots. They are in serious demand in Vancouver. Managed to snatch a pair after phoning 4 different places.

To deal with icy, unshovelled parts of our city when I walk. It will be a problem where I have to walk to work out in the 'burbs where definitely there is less snow shovelling.

Thought I would never do this since I was born and lived through snow in Ontario for lst 43 years of life! But being a balmier climate like Vancouver where we get less snow plus no city bylaw to force people in single family dwellings to shovel snow, I seem to be losing a bit of my ice legs.

I used to take pride, stomping confidently for many winters across rocky ice snow patches!