What do you stuff wet shoes with to dry them if you haven't bought a newspaper in a decade?

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Normally my parents keep us well supplied with newspaper from their daily habit when they visit, but they haven't been here in 18 months.

Kitchen roll

Ask neighbours to save their newspapers for us.

Washed dds trainers yesterday and used kitchen roll

disposable nappies.

Failing that, towels and change them often.

Tea towels or kitchen roll. Stick them next to a dehumidifier too.

I turn them upside down and put them on a radiator.

Haha, my shoes got soaked last week and it was just luck that my dad was visiting so there was a newspaper handy!

Tea towels should work! We have about a billion (conservative estimate) and DS2's wellies are sopping.

I put them in the airing cupboard - In fact I have 2 pairs drying nicely in there just now

I pick up the free Metro paper on the bus solely for this purpose!

Kitchen roll. If the shoes were quite clean I then keep the kitchen roll for next time so that it doesn't feel do wasteful!

I miss an airing cupboard!

Clean cleaning rags. Always have a bag or two handy. Just wash, dry and reuse.

Tea towels or those hundreds of IKEA 10-pack facecloths they sell. I use them for everything, they’re great.

Tea towels 🤣

I use tea towels for practically everything.

I pick up a free Waitrose weekend magazine whenever I'm passing gif just such an occasion.

Amazon's packing paper or muslins (we use them for everything)

Amazon packing paper, of course. I've got some sitting right here!

Sadly I am deprived of an airing cupboard, but I do usually dry them on top of the hot water tank in my utility room.

I've never heard of this!

I save the silica sachets from parcels. I have a little stash of them

Regina Blitz does the job nicely

I have to go on the train every 3 months for an appointment so I pick up any abandoned copies of the Metro. Radiator racks or put them in the boiler cupboard.

Socks. The best ones for the purpose are the fluffy, synthetic "slipper sock" type.

i put them in the greenhouse. it’s always warm/hot in there.

I miss the free papers we used to get. They were good for lining the food waste bin (and reading)