Excellent report JC with beautiful Scottish scenes all around, looks like the snow is almost gone there (it is Springtime now I suppose...well it is for us, another week for you guys though) I was interested in the blister thing, I found that when I walked long distances on hard tracks I would get a couple even when in my favourite boots, maybe something to do with the hard road
but those compeed blister plasters meant I didn't even notice and could get out again immediately, have to say those things are unbelievable - I've tried a lot of others but they really do eliminate any pain at all. I actually took to using them when breaking in new boots