Woolly socks to the rescue!
I bought new boots
They’re US army jungle boots. They’re so nice… built-in air conditioning* and everything!
I have a problem with pretty much all new shoes: they scrape the back of my ankle raw. In addition to these new summer boots, I have really nice leather “combat boots” that I haven’t worn much because I can’t walk for long distances.
But, I was determined to wear my new jungle boots (after destroying my heel once and realising that yeah, these shoes have the same problem) and I googled for tips. Some people had told they always broke boots in by wearing woolly socks for a while. So that’s what I did.
That does the trick! Too bad it’s summertime because it gets pretty warm in there… I’m looking forward to autumn and winter for once! (Now I’ll also get to break in my “old” leather boots when it’s cold and wet and I don’t want to wear shoes with holes in them.)
* Little ventilation/draining holes right above the sole. Now I realised you can actually see them in the photo: they show quite clearly in the bottom photo, the shoe on the right.
Wool socks are great for the thickness.
Didn’t anyone suggest wearing two pairs of socks? The two socks provide a “slippery” layer so the skin on your ankle/heel doesn’t have to give. Works with fancy shoes, too, where wool socks wouldn’t be appropriate.
You can also combine the tricks: thin socks first with wool socks on top.
P.S. Really nice rugged looking boots!
You know, they did! I’d completely forgotten about that because I took it quite sceptically when I read it. It always feels like there’s something in the shoe that is digging into my foot so I didn’t think two thin(-nish) socks would help that, but who knows! I’ll have to test it out on a short walk to the grocery store.
Ps. They are, aren’t they!
Happy Canada Day! We don’t need to wear woolly socks or boots on Canada Day
Happy Canada Day!!
Well, we don’t need woolly socks either at this time of year, but sometimes you have to suffer for beauty! Or shoes, in my case.