For your pack try on as many as you can, make sure they have weight inside them and try and find the most comfortable one for your back shape, ( snow & rock, have a vgood MacPac reduced from £160 to £65 at the moment, just thought i would let you know)
Your shoes..? What walk are you doing?
Do you really need leather or fabric
Also depending on your experiance could you wear aproach shoes, as you say mostly on sand and road?
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Cheers and the best of luck