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When I was asked to review hiking shoes from Merrell – a Gorpcore outdoor brand loved by the likes of Meghan Markle, Central Cee, Bradley Cooper, and Julia Fox – I knew I had to really put them through their paces.

Living in Scotland, I fortunately have plenty of trails to put hiking shoes to the test on, but with Merrell claiming the Moab Speed 2 GORE-TEX® is the ‘latest innovation in hiking’, a hike up a Munro wasn’t going to cut the mustard.

Enter the rugged, snowy and wet landscape of Iceland.

During my CityHubs excursion to Reykjavik (more on that to come), I’d be hiking up mountains, trekking through valleys to hunt the Northern Lights and stomping through ice fields. Game on, Merrell.

I boldly didn’t even break my pair of

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