■ MARKEN, NETHERLANDS: Last week I went shopping for traditional Dutch wooden shoes. Whilst there I also asked if they sold wooden socks. The answer was obviously no, but a few days after my visit to the Klompen museum, I got a message from Agent 47, the wood carving artist who sold me my shoes. He said he was working on a pair of wooden socks and that the prototype would be ready any day now.

Elated at the prospect of getting my feet on the world's first ever pair of wooden socks, I travelled back to the village of Marken with my Federal Reserves locked and loaded lest I lose out in a bidding-war for these collector's edition authentic Dutch wooden socks!

■ How Wooden Shoes Are Made in Netherlands and my first video from the Klompenmakerij of Marken 🇳🇱 https://youtu.be/6mJUWphCSMY

■ You can travel to see the world's first (and possibly most expensive) pair of wooden socks on the island of Marken, a 20 minutte Uber ride away from downtown Amsterdam. They are on display at the Klompenmakerij Museum and Shop along with their 100 year old steam engine from Germany.