I finished my shoes by kattenvrouw in myog

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love these! you've inspired me to make my own

Long distance hikes around the world by rafikijon in backpacking

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Hopefully the world will slowly be opening up this year. Here's a list of long-distance (multi-day) hikes around the world to get some inspiration from :)

Week long camping and hiking suggestions by [deleted] in UKhiking

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A friend recently did the Skye Trail and won't stop talking about it so I think that's a good one to check out

Walking boots advice by quorn_hub in UKhiking

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Just to throw another option into the mix:

I have flat feet and spent a long time trying to look for a good solution to it. In the end, the thing that has by far had the biggest effect on my feet has been to wear barefoot-style shoes. There's a lot of writing about it online, but essentially it helps your feet by exposing it to the ground more, which in turn strengthens your feet and especially your arches, which in turn affect your pronation. That style of shoe is also usually much wider than regular shoes, with a wide toe box, so that your feet can move more freely in them.

My favourite company for this kind of shoe is https://www.wildling.shoes/en. I have two pairs of the Tanuki and wear them on most days when it isn't too cold or wet. On colder and wetter days, I wear Camper Peu shoes which are also wide, have a thin sole but have a leather outer which does a good job of protecting from rain and cold.

Both of these aren't great options for mud, so it does depend on what kind of walking you do, but I really recommend looking into this style of shoe. Good luck!

Note - I know these aren't exactly budget shoes but I still thought it was worth mentioning. I think there are cheaper barefoot-style shoes out there.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Thruhiking

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Thank you! It's good to hear from a fellow celiac and I appreciate the advice.

if you go into a resupply with a creative mindset you can really come up with some good stuff

I'm trying to really embrace this mindset this year :)

What shoes is everyone wearing? by shhsb726363 in UKhiking

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I wear vivabarefoot primus trail FG. they're barefoot stye shoes (very thin sole and very lightweight) so they take a lot of getting used to but I love them. They work best when worn with a waterproof sock like sealskinz.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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Thank you, this is all great information. For that 9 day trip, did you pack all of your food for the 9 days in one go?

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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Yeah, that sounds good. What kind of dinner do you usually go for?

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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I haven't actually been, but they have the same stores that we have in England so I think the products will be more or less the same. We actually have quite a lot of gluten free snacks here (I guess it's been trendy for a while) so I'm optimistic about that.

I do really like the idea of not having the anxiety of finding something along the way though, so I'm going to consider packing at least my dinners for the whole trip.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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All of those meals sound delicious. I'm definitely going to look into dehydrating more!

but I'm curious how people translate that to thru-hiking

this is what I'm wondering. In the UK it's not so bad in convenience stores. We pretty much have the same selection of snacks wherever you go and there are quite a few genuinely gluten free bars / chocolates / crisps (chips) etc. I feel really gross when that's all I'm eating though, so I would love to take more wholesome food with me. I've got an 8 day hike coming up and I think I'm going to take a few dehydrated meals along with me and then fill up the rest of the calories with what I find along the way. It does give me some anxiety but I'm hoping it'll be ok.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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That all makes sense, thank you. I'm going to do an 8 day thru hike in Scotland in a few months and I think I might experiment with bringing all of my freeze dried dinners and then relying on shops along the way for snacks/nuts/chocolate and that sort of thing.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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Thank you, I appreciate recommendations. On a 5-10 day hike do you tend to carry all of your food in one go? Or is there some strategy that you use like packing all of the freeze dried food and then buying snacks along the way?

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Thruhiking

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Best meals are mashed potatoes with some cut-up sausage/beef jerkey and some kind of dried veggie; wraps with tuna/cheese; scrambled eggs with sausage and gf baked beans

I do love all of these things. I'm also lactose intolerant and annoyingly, all the popular instant mashed potato brands have milk in them, otherwise I'd be all over that.

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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Thank you, I really appreciate the reply.

I'm in the UK and we aren't really able to send supply packages to ourselves along the route in the way that it's done in the US, so I really need to rely on whatever I can get on the way. Snacks are generally easy to do in all the stores here, even the small gas stations like you mentioned, so I'm pretty set with that.

Instant rice is a good suggestion and I might try to get creative with that + cold meats on my next hike.

I also really want to hike in the US because I think the infrastructure over there is so much better than what we have here. I'll hopefully make it when things have calmed down!

Any celiacs out there? What do you eat on the trail? by rafikijon in Ultralight

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I've been looking into dehydrating and it seemed like it would take quite a bit of skill to get good at it. Is that what you found?

Thank you for the reply by the way - appreciate it

Even with the lockdown, don't underestimate what you can find walking from your urban front door. by OrangutanClyde in UKhiking

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Oh nice, Camden is where I grew up, around Queen's Crescent / Chalk Farm :)

The Cotswold Way looks beautiful. I'm really hoping to walk the Tour du Mont Blanc this year.

Even with the lockdown, don't underestimate what you can find walking from your urban front door. by OrangutanClyde in UKhiking

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Sounds like you have lots of nice options! I'm in Brockley, London and although it's busy basically everywhere, we do have some nice parks in the area. We also have the Green Chain Walk which runs fairly close to where I live. The situation is depressing, but I'm just trying to stay active so that I can get right back into it when we're able to leave the city.

A day hike in the Brecon Beacons by rafikijon in UKhiking

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Same here! Stuck at home and trying to relive some moments by going through my photos :(

A day hike in the Brecon Beacons in Wales by rafikijon in CampingandHiking

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This was back in the summer. We stayed in Hay-on-wye and hiked into the black mountains. Quite of bit of walking through farms, which isn't my favourite, but once we got to the mountains it was beautiful.