Great effort Susie
well worth it too by the look of those photos, such vivid greens and all that wonderful sunshine
Even though we were shaded by the trees, my hands kept slipping on the handles of the sticks
I was on crutches for a year and had this problem, I put neoprene on the handles which provided some lovely cushioning, remained non slippery in the wet and could be rolled off and washed as often as needed, maybe give that a go....though there's probably some modern equivalent available now I guess.