To be blessed with lovely long warm days and stunning sunshine and made this Nordic Walking and Pilates trip truly special. Everyone loved the location and the tranquility of the venue. Just imagine a late afternoon stretch and relax Pilates session listening to the birds singing in the trees surrounding the studio, following a day …
Longsleddale and Kentmere Day Walk, May 2018
What a day out we had in the Lakes on Thursday! The weather was perfect. The scenery was just breathtaking. One of the most memorable aspects of the day was the carpets of bluebells everywhere, then masses of wild garlic – absolutely stunning. I had overestimated on the mileage for this walk. It's actually 13.7 …
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Shorter length day walks
We are introducing some shorter length day walks, starting a little later in the morning. A few walkers have mentioned that they would love to do the longer day walks but feel that the jump from walking 6 miles to 12 or more miles is a step too far. We asked for your thoughts on …
Photos from this week’s walks
Three very different photographs taken on walks this week.
Mallorca Trip 2018
We had a really good Nordic Walking trip to Mallorca – perfect walking weather, beautiful scenery, great company and lots of lovely food and wine. What more could you possibly want? Here are some of our photos.
2018 Bluebell Walks
Thank you to everyone who came to the Bluebell walks last week. We were so lucky with the weather and the bluebells were perfect; the timing was just right. But more to the point, we had the most amazing cakes – Coffee and Walnut, Lemon & Pistachio, Carrot cake, Scones and some Coconut & Lime …
Sandstone Trail Day Walk, 2018
The Best of the Sandstone Trail: Our first day walk of 2018
Keeping Kit Dry
In response to a few conversations about how to keep mobile phones, spare layers, butties etc dry in your backpack, I have done some research amongst our day/trip Nordic walkers.
Top Nordic Walking Technique Tips
Running the Technique Courses has reminded me that it is good for us all to refresh our Nordic Walking technique from time to time. Like when driving, it is really easy to fall into bad habits when out pole walking (especially if you are chatting!) If you are keen to get the maximum results from …
Anglesey Coastal Nordic Walking Trip, March 2018
You will be pleased to know that we didn’t get blown off the Anglesey cliffs. Saturday and Sunday were really quite challenging in some ways but the wind was behind us so the ascents were not a problem at all; in fact we were blown up the hills. Everyone really enjoyed the trip. I have …
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