Old Shoes
- gear hiking
The other day I set off to get myself a new pair of light walking shoes for easy hillwalking and everyday use. I wanted them to be light in feel and actual weight, robust, with some grip, comfortable, breathable, and pretty. The closest I got to my requirements was a pair of Merrell shoes (click) that looked nice and featured some new design with extra little arch support, a low heel, and lots of wiggly space for the toes. But I just couldn’t buy them. Even though I have a budget for them (Christmas - yay!), and the sales person was really helpful, and I wanted to buy them. But they weren’t perfect, and I very rarely spend as much as 90 quid in one go for stuff these days, and what I really want are these: click, which are not available in the UK.
So I apologised to the helpful salesman (I’m becoming so British), said I’d sleep on it, and left. And then today, I wore my old pair of well-worn sneakers (click) and realised that they were much closer to my requirements than the fancy ones in the shop. They also have no arch support (why is that a feature?!) and lots of wiggly space in the toebox, and they are super comfy, relatively light, breathable, robust, and pretty. They might be a little bit slippy on the hills, but should do for the Pentlands.
So I apologised to the helpful salesman (I’m becoming so British), said I’d sleep on it, and left. And then today, I wore my old pair of well-worn sneakers (click) and realised that they were much closer to my requirements than the fancy ones in the shop. They also have no arch support (why is that a feature?!) and lots of wiggly space in the toebox, and they are super comfy, relatively light, breathable, robust, and pretty. They might be a little bit slippy on the hills, but should do for the Pentlands.