Our Boots are Made for...

The first of our Arctic Clobber Collection™ arrived today - our new walking boots.

His 'n' hers pairs of Clarks' ATL Trek Hi GORE-TEX (whatever all that gobbledygook means lol) -- blue for me; black for Nikki, really just so we can tell them apart easily if we're ever in a rush to put them on.

We had boots already, of course, but they were too Englandy. We needed Arctic Boots. Lighter weight, because we expect to be walking more, better waterproofing (rain and slush), warmer (remembering that we could easily be at -20° for several days), and with soles virtually guaranteed to be non-slip and have the best grip. 

These have the added advantage of being made from a high proportion of recycled materials, which we thought aligned nicely with Hurtigruten's (and Norway's in general) environmental credentials.

They'll need wearing in, naturally, so we plan to walk round the block a lot more between now and January (i.e. more than once a week), whether it's -20° out there or not.