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September 18, 2026
Healthspan more than Lifespan I remember in my early teens my mother came home from the doctor in tears . There are two unusual things in that sentence, one, we lived in a rural village without any medical provision, where a surgery was held in the village hall for half a day a week. If […]
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Jay was in conversation with Sheetal Thakur……. a mountain guide leading WalkingWomen holidays in Kerala and the Lower Himalayas in India . Sheetal is one of the many female entrepreneurs that WalkingWomen love to trust with providing fabulous, life-affirming, sometimes life-changing holidays, for adventurous-in-spirit-women. As part of our focus on menopause this month I was […]
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September 12, 2026
A fabulous way to escape Jingle Bells and reset your Compass for 2027 Read on if you are tempted to get away this Christmas, or in the colder,darker winter months. Jay, our walking woman writer has been there and shares her thoughts, and the thoughts of others . In case your geography is as hazy […]
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September 2, 2026
WalkingWomen has some remarkable guides who often notice extraordinary changes happening when women walk together. WalkingWomen holidays blend three things that create a ‘Magnetic Triad’ of well-being. There is plenty of evidence that walking is physically and emotionally good for you, we also know that women often thrive in the company of other women and […]
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July 30, 2026
National Sisters Day – August 2nd 2026 Sisters were in conversation with Jay, our WW story gatherer and writer… I grew up with two much older brothers, and I think because I was a ‘tomboy’ I was happy that way, helping them repair cars, roaming wild on Salisbury Plain and having no pressure at all […]
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July 27, 2026
Lynette was talking to Jay Courtney , Author of ‘Juicy Crones- Free for the Strangest Adventures’ ( Bradt Travel Guides) ‘I don’t have any great wisdom or insight’ were Lynette’s opening words to me when we met on Zoom, me in Herefordshire UK , she in Ohio, USA . But of course Lynette did have […]
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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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