Ian is back from his Kilimajaro trip, looking well and on very good form. Here’s the story. "Our trek started after we signed in with the Park authorities and on that first afternoon we just had a 3 hour ascent to our first camp site at 2895 metres. We initially walked through a mix of …
Ian’s Trip
Ian on his upcoming African adventure
Nordic Walking Day Walks – coming soon
Dates for our 2018 Nordic Walking day walks
Last year’s charity fundraising
We raised a fantastic £1070.00 for our two chosen charities in 2017.
Nordic Walking in Macclesfield Forest, January 2018
Ian’s Ramblings
As you may be aware our Ian is heading off to deepest Africa soon to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. He has obviously been pondering life and has come up with his thoughts on his Nordic walking career. Have a read – its very entertaining!
Training Zones for Weight Loss (part two)
If you interested in monitoring your heart to ascertain your MHR rate have a look at the app ‘INSTANT HEART RATE: HR MONITOR’. Its a free app that uses your phone's camera to detect, amazingly accurately, your heart rate, or pulse. Once this is established we can work out your MHR using the Karvonen formula …
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Training zones for weight loss (part one)
Nordic Walking is a great way to get your whole body moving and to significantly improve the condition of your muscles, heart and lungs.
Misty morning, Tatton Park
Last week's Friday morning Fitness walk was amazing - a very still misty morning was magical as the sun eventually burned through and Tatton gradually revealed its self to us.
Tatton Park Deer Walk
Ian and Bev took part in a ‘Deer Walk’ at Tatton on Wednesday. It really was very interesting and informative. Tatton Park is 1000 acres and deer have lived in the parkland since 1290. The management of the 550 deer and over 800,000 visitors a year is quite an achievement for the Rangers, especially with …