There are instances, especially after some very heavy persistent rain, that its impossible to escape saturated ground.
My walk to the summit of Yr llethr was wet to say the least, as the lie of the land, mostly uphill all the way, following the famous wall, meant it was inevitable your feet were going to get wet.
The ground looked fine, but every footstep was like walking through a shallow bog, and the mud, that was something else.