Backpacking & sore feet

Bryan Hall said:

One side effect noticed during our recent 40 mile wander of the Cumbria Way
was sore feet after the first 5 or 6 miles each day.

I walk regularly each week in the New Forest area, so mostly its on track or
bog/peat based. A solid 3 hour yomp, with no rests doesn't have any adverse
effects.

The backpacks were kept light, and to be honest were not that noticeable,
but boy did the feet sting late each day!

I wore Brasher Hillmasters (well worn in) with Sorbothan full footbed
inserts, as I've had sore feet on longer walks of 20+ miles before I used
the inserts.

Besides the obvious - more specific training with a loaded pack beforehand -
any thoughts on choice of boot. I'm on my 4th pair of Brashers and never had
this problem before, but suspected the boot flexibility may have been part
of the problem?

Hi there,

It sounds as though it may just have been your feet acclimatising to
walking every day, without the break they normally get, particularly
if you didn't actually get any blisters. If those boots don't normally
hurt when you take them out on a similar sort of walk then they're
probably ok. That's how it strikes me, anyway 🙂

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Quoted message said:

One side effect noticed during our recent 40 mile wander of the Cumbria Way
was sore feet after the first 5 or 6 miles each day.

I walk regularly each week in the New Forest area, so mostly its on track or
bog/peat based. A solid 3 hour yomp, with no rests doesn't have any adverse
effects.

The backpacks were kept light, and to be honest were not that noticeable,
but boy did the feet sting late each day!

I wore Brasher Hillmasters (well worn in) with Sorbothan full footbed
inserts, as I've had sore feet on longer walks of 20+ miles before I used
the inserts.

Besides the obvious - more specific training with a loaded pack beforehand -
any thoughts on choice of boot. I'm on my 4th pair of Brashers and never had
this problem before, but suspected the boot flexibility may have been part
of the problem?

What are/were you using for socks? I mention it because even with
Sorbothane footbeds, I get a detectable difference in foot comfort
wearing thick socks with long loop pile vs. thinner ones (although
obviously this requires boots which will take either, which means that
with thinner socks I'm probably laced tighter and/or have more overall
movement).

The other difference is that, afaic recall, the New Forest area is
pretty flat. Your feet have more/different work to do when you are
slogging up/down hills, rather than just walking along the level.

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What are/were you using for socks? I mention it because even with
Sorbothane footbeds, I get a detectable difference in foot comfort
wearing thick socks with long loop pile vs. thinner ones (although
obviously this requires boots which will take either, which means that
with thinner socks I'm probably laced tighter and/or have more overall
movement).

1 pair thin socks (bridgedale coolflow) + 1 pair thick (also bridgedale)

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The other difference is that, afaic recall, the New Forest area is
pretty flat. Your feet have more/different work to do when you are
slogging up/down hills, rather than just walking along the level.

Yep - I thought about that one and made sure the NF walks were as up and
down as I could get, bearing in mind a big hill around these parts is the
same as the walk from the car park in the Lakes
;-)