After I wrote about last weekend’s hike and camp with the Scouts and mentioned that my boots rubbed and gave me a blister, up popped this post on the Troop 483 Blog on keeping your feet happy. Wow that’s timing!
With all that in mind, yesterday Carol and I had a day out to Betws-y-Coed and hit the outdoor shops. It’s a bit of a trek there (160 miles round trip), but it’s a lovely place to visit and meant we had a nice day out.
We went to Cotswold Outdoors and I had my feet sized properly and boots fitted. I tried three totally different types of boot and two didn’t feel right and didn’t fit correctly and one boot was fine, so these were the ones I bought.
I also got some new socks (thought I’d go the whole hog), so this should mean I won’t get blisters! I’m going to try them out in a day or two by walking part of the route we did last week, as this simple easy hike was the one which caused my problems!
So as Buffaloeagle says keep your feet happy!
I had a similar problem with boots.
I listened to a much older and wiser Sccouter than I.
His advice was to put the boots on, get them thouroughy wet, then walk them till they are dry.
Made good sense and gave me a perfect fit.