I'll be walking the West Highland Way in the Scottish Highlands this coming July. From non-hiking friends in Scotland I've been told to expect rain and midges but they offered no recommendations on how to stay "dry". We will be walking from accommodation to accommodation so I'm not too worried about comfortable nights but would also like to have shoes and raingear appropriate to summer conditions in the western Scottish Highlands. For most of my hiking and climbing trail walking in the mountains of the western US and Canada I have used ventilated trail runners and, lately, Dri-Ducks. I would appreciate recommendations from anyone with experience in such matters for possible improvement of my footwear and raingear. Right now, I'm assuming conditions similar to those I have experienced over many years in the North Cascades.