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  1. Steven Baggs

    Boots?

    I started walking the Via de la Plata in Tevas with darn tough socks last spring. It was wet and I got blisters so ended up taking a bus back to Seville to buy some shoes. The only ones I could get from Decathlon were a pair of Merrell vent shoes. These were cheap and probably the best shoes...
  2. Steven Baggs

    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    Rubber tips never last me much more than a day before the tips are poking through the bottom of the rubber. I gave up on them years ago. Now, when walking through a town, I just pick my poles up and carry them as I appreciate how annoying the sound might be for local residents especially early...
  3. Steven Baggs

    Compeed vs hikers wool or both?

    I have found that the sheep fleece binds nicely to woollen socks and this helps the fleece stay in place around toes or heels. Having googled hikers wool I realise it is just a bag of nicely carded (combed) sheep’s wool washed, packaged and sold at an extortionate price. The price of a whole...
  4. Steven Baggs

    Compeed vs hikers wool or both?

    After meeting a Scotsman on the Hadrian’s Wall path earlier this year and trying out his method of picking up sheep’s wool and stuffing this in his boots I can say that I finally had my first blister free Camino on the Portuguese coastal in September. I will admit to having a few sheep of my own...

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