Well, I did myself in again.
After practicing for a few days with my walking poles to be sure I wouldn’t skewer/kabob my own foot I just had to start doing this barefoot. It is fabulous!
It is also the functional equivalent of slow X-country skiing on a belt sander; so after four ten mile days of it I walked right through the skin on the bottom of my foot.
Looks like I’m back in shoes for a few days.