The old enemy......blisters!

Now, I know everyone is different, height, weight, colour, creed, sex, physical ability and what's good for one person is not necessarily good for another. This is born out from looking into a prevention method from getting blisters on my feet. There are many videos on YouTube from people who have their own tried and trusted methods in the prevention, management and cure of the dreaded blister. There are many forums, some serious, some less so, which also offer advice to the poor victim of these inflictions.
It appears that the main foot blister that people suffer from is on the heel which is caused by friction rubs from ill fitting boots, trust me to be different and continually get blisters on the ball of my foot, or to be more accurate, both feet. Now my boots fit quite snugly, no heel rub, no chafing so it can only be friction from movement between the ball of my foot, the sock and the inner of the boot. So, on seeing a lining sock that offered two layers of material 'to prevent friction' and guaranteed a blister free walking experience, I hastily handed over the best part of £10. Well, I've worn them twice and both times I've got blisters.
This led me to search the Internet to see if there was another way of preventing the aforementioned balls of pus. These were many and varied, one in particular I found on an Army forum which suggested that you should pee in your boots to soften them up, not sure if that's while you're walking in them, or just in general, needless to say, I won't be trying that one.
Going to try a different lining sock on the next walk to see how that goes and change them about halfway round with another pair of the same type, but dryer, as a wet sock can cause friction too.
In my case, I think that the skin on the soles of my feet needs toughening up too and it was suggested that white spirit rubbed on the affected area daily will dry the skin and make them tougher. Again, think I'll give that a miss too. I'll give the new socks a couple of go's and see how they go. As a last resort on days of long walks and even on the day of our challenge, I'll tape my feet with Zinc Oxide tape or duct tape.

I'm not going to be beaten by a few blisters.........or am I?

Chris