I have been contacted by Suzie Harvey, one of our walkers, regarding some voluntary work that she is doing for the Woodland Trust. You may already be familiar with the Woodland Trust as the largest woodland conservation charity in the UK; they work towards making our country rich in native woods and trees, for people …
Pole maintenance
As many of you have been buying Nordic Walking poles recently I thought it would be good to revisit some pole maintenance tips. The following tips will ensure that your poles give you many years of trouble free walking. Remove paws after a muddy walk, or they will stick on tight Clean poles with a …
Nordic Walking in Tatton Park, Knutsford
7 Bonus Benefits of Winter Exercise
Did you know that exercising outdoors rather than in a crowded stuffy gym can be very beneficial during the cold winter? If you can pull yourself away from that cozy seat in front of the fireplace, you’ll reap these seven bonus benefits of sweating it out in the cold weather — and you might even learn …
Styal Woods Walk
Morecambe Bay Walk, Sept 2016
A post from NCNW Walk Leader, Ian Burgess On Sunday 11th September Helen and I with eight friends from Goostrey, and perhaps 100 others, travelled up the southern bit of Cumbria to walk* across Morecambe Bay from Arnside on the south side of the River Kent estuary to Kents Bank on the northern side. It …
Lake District Trip September 2016
We had a fabulous 2½ days of Nordic Walking in The Lake District. The combination of glorious weather, superb food and wine (lots of), cake (lots of) and good company is magical. Oh forgot to mention the walking – 30 miles of lovely varied walking, along the River Kent, Windermere Lake, the Winster Valley, Claife …
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge
Saturday 2nd July, 2016 7.00am on a rather cool, dull midsummer morning. Fifteen keen North Cheshire Nordic Walkers and Goostrey Wheelers (minus their bikes) assemble at the car park in Horton In Ribblesdale. The anticipation levels are high; the dilemmas are many. How many layers? How much water to carry? Waterproof over trousers or not? To run …
10k Race for Life
Sunday 26th June What a great morning – 14 of us enjoyed a very brisk stomp around a very muddy Tatton with 832 other runners, joggers and walkers. Massive well done to Anna who completed the 10K route in 1 hour 16 minutes. The rest of us came in at around 1 hour 30 – …
Chamonix trip
A group of us recently went to Chamonix to check out this part of the Alps as a possible future venue for Nordic Walking trips. WOW we were totally blown away with everything about the area, the endless tracks and trails, the dramatic yet pretty scenery, the food, the wine, the shops, the local transport – …
North Cheshire Nordic Walking 