Nov 10, 2020 | Walking equipment
Generally speaking, I try to avoid walking in the rain. So given a forecast of rain and a choice I’m likely as not to stay at home. But sometimes wet-weather walking is unavoidable as many a day on the Cambrian Way or Offa’s Dyke or just about any other...
Oct 22, 2017 | Walking equipment
My last post about boots was nearly two years ago. I know what you are asking – why has he taken so long to update us on this very vital piece of kit? The answer is quite simple. I have been very happy with what I have had. But then I got offered a pair...
Apr 23, 2017 | Walking equipment
Some time ago I wrote somewhat scathingly about a writer for a national paper suggesting that walking shoes were just as good as walking boots for most hiking purposes. I still don’t agree with him but there are times when you are going for a walk on...
Dec 20, 2015 | Walking equipment
Layers are probably not something that you will have thought much about when you go for a walk. You probably just look out of the window and wonder how cold it is and whether its going to rain (in which case if you are me and have the choice, you probably go back to...
Dec 6, 2015 | Walking equipment
This post was published three years ago. Since then my boots have moved on. Quite a lot. I have completed the 870 mile Wales Coast Path – mostly since this was published – and have spent two weeks walking across the Yorkshire Dales, as well as doing many...
Jul 5, 2015 | Walking equipment
It seems that we decided we had had enough of getting cold, dirty feet and grit between our toes between 26,000 and 40,000 years ago. The hide of animals seems likely to have been the most favoured material early man used to clothe his feet and it has stood the test...
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