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  1. seashell

    Boots or Hokas for the Central Route

    Boots if you’re climbing the Matterhorn, well padded trainers or trail shoes for Caminos. I used Adidas trainers with padded insoles for the Portuguese, Primitivo and the Frances. Didn’t notice the cobblestones. My wife swears by Hokas. Comfort, comfort, comfort should be your mantra.
  2. seashell

    Maps.me

    Note : you may want to replace maps.me which is now owned by a finance company with an opaque history and privacy controls with organic maps, open source and by the same developers. It works exactly like maps.me but without the user tracking stuff. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps.me).
  3. seashell

    Running shoes, not trail runners

    I’ve used Adidas supernova running shoes for my recent caminos having switched from Merrell boots. The same pair of Adidas covered the Primitivo and the Portuguese from Porto plus daily use at home. I replaced the insoles with sorbothane insoles and took a second pair with me. I alternated daily...
  4. seashell

    What's Your Go-To CF Shoe?

    I used to wear boots but never ever again. Much of the CF is on paved paths or tarmac and the rest is on pretty decent paths. I use a pair of Adidas supernovas. They’re an ordinary ‘running’ shoe with loads of decent padding and coupled with a sorbothane insole it’s like walking on marshmallows...
  5. seashell

    Backpack indecision help!

    68L is huge. I’ve used an Osprey Kestrel 38L for years on caminos and have never quite filled it. Total weight including water and pack always between 6.5 - 7kg. My wife has walked with an Osprey tempest 30L, same story, weight including water never more than 5.5kg. A smallish pack containing...
  6. seashell

    Osprey Backpacks are awesome!

    Osprey do make great packs. I’ve got a kestrel 38 which has been absolutely superb on three Caminos. It’s roughly 1.2kg empty which rises to around 6.5kg with the usual stuff inside. It’s never completely full but holds its structure perfectly. It’s incredibly comfortable, so much so that after...
  7. seashell

    Trail Runners or Boots?

    A decent pair of well padded trainers with a well padded insole. Perfect for the concrete and tarmac on any of the caminos. Boots are for proper mountains, trail runners for rough trails, trainers for caminos including the Primitivo and the Norte and very, very especially for the Frances. If you...
  8. seashell

    Hiking boots caused blisters can they be stretched?

    Buy a decent pair of running trainers, Adidas, Nike etc with nice thick padded soles. Get a padded insole to replace the ones that come with the shoes and post the boots to Santiago. Use them for gardening or hardcore mountaineering. Boots are perfect for climbing the alps but horrendous on the...
  9. seashell

    Minimalist running shoes?

    Adidas supernova running shoes with a decent insole are superb. Absolutely perfect on the Frances, Portuguese and especially the Primitivo. 25k to 40k days despatched effortlessly (well - pretty much).
  10. seashell

    Leather walking boots

    I’ve walked the Frances in Gore-Tex Merrel Moab boots through hail and snow on O Cebreiro to the extreme detriment of the soft tissues of my feet and latterly Adidas Supernova running trainers on the Primitivo and Portuguese. Someone described good shoes as walking on marshmallows. I couldn’t...
  11. seashell

    What was in your pack when you finished?

    It’s clear that most of us appear to have a plastic bin full of Camino related stuff. The phrase ‘emergency Camino’ is so spot on, great to see davebugg back online again. Our bins are always packed and ready to go. We’re leaving on Tuesday for Porto and are in the final stages of deciding what...
  12. seashell

    Trail Runners on the asphalt.

    Having always associated serious walking with a good pair of solid boots with vibram soles it took quite some persuading before I agreed with myself to switch to a simple pair of Adidas supernova trainers with good quality insoles for the Primitivo last summer. It turned out to be the best...
  13. seashell

    Footwear - Waterproof or not waterproof.

    Great to see a post from you again, but what is goop?
  14. seashell

    Walking Boots Vs. Trail Runners

    Absolutely! Boots for alpine mountain treks, trail runners for rocks and boulders, Adidas padded running shoes with Scoll inners for Caminos - sorted

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