Posted: July 2, 2026
Summer has a way of making a walk feel like a gift. The longer days, the warmth on your face, the path that was muddy and grey for months suddenly alive with colour and birdsong. For many of us, the best walking we do all year happens between June and September. But the nature of […]
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Like many people approaching retirement, I find myself entering a new chapter of life that looks rather different from the one I had once imagined. The future I thought I would share with a lifelong partner did not turn out as expected and, for a time, that felt daunting. However, rather than seeing this next […]
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Posted: May 28, 2026
I met Joy in her apartment near Muswell Hill , London. Her veranda overlooks a glorious garden that felt much more countryside than cityscape. She was about to celebrate her 94th birthday – friends were taking her out for lunch and to buy flowering plants for her patio. Ginny, Walking Women’s owner asked me to […]
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I’ll be 83 in June, but still enjoy jumping off a cliff or a high diving board, and taking a chance. I live in Rhode Island, USA now, but before, in Gloucester, Ma. where there are many granite quarries, & where stone was once extracted and used in construction , for example along the Eastern seaboard […]
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Posted: April 21, 2026
Why more of our walking holidays are starting at a platform, not a gate There’s a moment, somewhere between stations, when the holiday begins. You’ve found your seat. The tea is warm. A woman across the aisle has a walking pole propped against her bag and catches your eye with a small, knowing smile. Outside […]
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However much we recite the cliché – ‘age is just a number’… most of us are hard-pressed not to ruminate on the deep questions of life when faced with a big birthday – How did that happen? What have I done with my life? And trickiest of all -where did I go to? ‘Sometimes we […]
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Posted: April 1, 2026
Something deep within us Once in a while, in amongst all the demands of everyday life – earning money, caring responsibilities and putting the bins out, we get a glimpse of something deep within us -something we recognise as truly part of what makes us who we are. Our present selves may have got out […]
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Posted: March 15, 2026
By midlife, most of us have learned to keep up. With the diary. With the demands. With everyone else’s pace. And then one day — kettle boiled, calendar full, feeling oddly empty, you notice a pull towards something that reminds you you’re alive. It becomes a pair of boots by the door. It becomes a […]
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