Good points! I also had a good pair of sandals, and as the hiking boots I had became too moist ans hot, the sandals were divine. But as said, there are one and a million ways to deal with these problems. For me, the tricky business started first on the Camino, despite all training and old hikingboots. :shock:. About "pricking" the blister, I would leave the skin intact if possible to avoid infections. If it brakes by itself, I wouldn't put Compeed on, it would be too hard to see the signs of infection. Lots of air and good hygiene in that case. And here I mean small, small blisters or read skin, not large, half heel size monsters. I could think that those are hard to heal in the conditions on the Camino. But as said there are many ways, and trying to prevent them in the first place is probably the most important of all?
Karo