Person in walking boots on wet ground!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"05a1c7f5-5cf4-4f52-aed2-21ad8d8d8a97"}).render("6904bbf3e4b00c26f0713ce5");});Winter can be dreary, dark, and dull, but if you ask me, frosty walks more than make up for it. If you also love a cold-weather hike, though, you might have another reservation about the season – if there’s so much as a millimetre-long rip in your boots or a single patch in its waterproofing membrane, you’ll feel every drip of the storms, rain, and snow. This, sadly, can happen despite the best of care. Costwolds Outdoor says that after about 5-10,000 mile