As someone who has had several embarrassing falls/skids in London due to leather-soled shoes over the years, I vote that you go for (1). I now do mine straight away.

You cannot placate these people. You cannot reach an end. Round up every refugee in camps and they'll want the next cruelty. Their 'concerns' are not about society, the economy or public safety, they're an ever moving target of fear and hatred that cannot be sated, it has to be challenged.

Green with envy. Oxfordshire has been swathed in dense freezing fog all day and no Big Orb sightings at all.