>>1859012My feet sweat a lot and I live in the lake district. I've used combat boots with no GTX or membrane and two pairs of socks before and that works really well when the boots are greased to hell and back but when your feet do get wet they stay wet. I've used proper hiking boots with GTX (Meindl) and they keep your feet relatively dry but good luck wearing them two days in a row.
Best solution I've found is wear boots half a size up with gore tex (there should be ~1.5 cm clearance between your toes and the toe of the boot wearing two pairs of socks, go a full size up if you also use an insole), wear two pairs of socks, and fill a zip lock bag with talc. When your feet get sweaty take your boots and socks off, roll your foot around inside the talc bag, then rotate the outside layer of socks to the inside. Gives you dry socks, damp socks evapourate through the GTX, and keeps your feet dry.
