As I'm sure you noticed in the itinerary, we are going to be doing some gorge hiking in Scotland. I have done this before, and you do get wet and you do get muddy (very). My suggestion is this - if you have an old pair of sneakers that are at the end of their life, bring them and use them for these 2 days and then throw them away there. If this isn't a possibility, they do say to wear water shoes. This is certainly a possibility. Please DO NOT go out an invest in another pair of shoes for this activity.
For the other activities, a good walking shoe is going to be fine - even for the visit to parliament. Please refer to the blog post below about shoes.
As for clothing for these 2 days - what works the best are the nylon type shorts/capris/knee length pants, or the like. These dry quickly and you can still move freely in them. Jeans will not be able to be worn these days (they are too heavy and take forever to dry and can't become quite uncomfortable when wet). A t-shirt is appropriate as long as it follows in the t-shirt guidelines for the trip (remember even though these are "grubby" days, no rips or tears in clothing). Again, if you have something that is near the end of it's life, you can bring it and leave it behind. If you don't have something that falls in that category, you can always pick something up at the Salvation Army or like thrift store that can be extremely dirty.
We are doing this activity at the beginning of our journey and to have to carry wet/smelly clothes for an additional 2 weeks might not be what you want to do. If you do have to bring these back, PLEASE pack extra 2-1/2 gallon Zip-lock bags to put them in so not to ruin the rest of your clothes in your luggage. You will want to pack some extra Downy/Bounce dryer sheets to put in these bags as well to absorb any odor that may develop.
If you have any other suggestions, please leave them as comments.
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