In reply to sputnik3383:
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> so in not wearing gaters, dont your feet get wet ? and do you get stones in your boots and although they may look uncomfortable they do serve a purpose
I used to go fell walking in boots where gaiters made sense (sometimes) but after a while I began to do more and more walks in fell running shoes. Yes my feet get wet but the water drains out quickly and it's not that bad once you get used to it.
Get back to the car/hut and remove shoes and socks then a quick wash down of your feet and you are right. You don't have to worry about the boots drying out then having to apply a new dose of whatever proprietary dubbin substitute to them. If it's wet the following day then so what?
Spring, autumn (and occasionally winter) I'll just use a pair of SealSkins socks rather than normal ones.
ALC