I will be letting in the New Year bf, but the winter is limiting it to house and car at the moment. By the way, igo., going bf is not weird, is...
I find that "heel balm" gets rid of cracks, and vaseline stops them coming back, in my experience.
I also have to wear shoes for my weekday job, but the weekends are shoe free. If you ever get up to Barton watersedge, i'll be glad to show you...
I agree "snowfooting" is good as long as you don't overdo it, but what we have here now is frozen slush, slippery patches separated by hard and...
I have had to get used to gravel paths as i spend most weekends working on them. I also go on local organized walks which are at least part...
It's two degrees C here in Hull, so it's either shoes or chilblains !
I'm sure most of the people on this forum can run barefoot on gravel paths.
A friend of mine once had a nasty accident caused by his (compulsory) safety shoes. He stepped off his fork lift truck onto a wooden pallet which...
Going bf also protects your knee and hip joints. Because you can feel exactly where the ground is, heel strike is prevented, eliminating damaging...
Whenever the weather makes me wear shoes, someone always says something like "what's up John, going soft are we?"
Since working at the reserve, i've had three hawthorns stuck in my feet, but they seem to pull out quite easily.
When i was at school, a long time ago, barefeet were compulsory in gym class, as it was thought (correctly) to be good for the feet and legs. My...
It's probably part of the adaptive process. Don't get carried away if you're new to barefooting, start out gradually. Welcome to the lifestyle!
I don't find going barefoot embarrassing.
In the UK, every year is a good bf year!
I spent Monday in London with a friend who goes bf 24/7 (wish i could!) We visited the Cabinet war rooms (a museum) and had a good walk around. No...
The UK is also barefoot friendly, i only ever get positive comments.
We don't have security guards in UK libraries, so no problem!
I saw a young woman walking bf in Hull city centre on Saturday, no shoes in sight.
Spent the day repairing cracked footpaths at the reserve. All day on gravel!
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