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Walking for Purpose by Becky French

Posted: October 29, 2025

Our walking women share experiences with us that may help others This one from Becky after the tragic loss of her friend and how walking eased some of the pain. We found walking does the same for us. Thank you Becky for sharing … And if anyone reading this would like to join a WalkingWomen […]

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Staying Confident Walking After Dark

Posted: October 26, 2025

Simple ways to feel safe and visible through the darker months The clocks have just gone back, and that familiar feeling creeps in — the one that makes you pause before stepping outside. The light has gone, the air feels colder, and suddenly that favourite evening walk takes place under streetlamps rather than sunshine. It’s […]

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Winter Walking

The Light Lives On: A Guide to Thriving Outdoors After the Clocks Go Back

Posted: October 18, 2025

Health Benefits of Being Outdoors for Women 50+ Thriving Through the Darker Months The clocks have turned back. The evenings arrive early, and the light fades before we’re ready. For many women, this change of season brings a familiar hesitation — a quiet pull to stay inside, to wait for spring. But here’s the truth: […]

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Scotland

It’s ‘Orkney’, not ‘the Orkney Isles’

Posted: September 30, 2025

An insight into this wild,wonderful island by our walking woman Heather who joined our trip My first encounter with an Orcadian, the day I arrived, put me right on this point. Orkney consists of some 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited, just off the far north tip of Scotland, where the Atlantic Ocean and […]

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september challenge

Monthly Hiking Health Challenge

Posted: September 4, 2025

5 minutes a day, stronger in every way ! Choose from the following exercises and do them every day for a month. Why not print the page and put it to your fridge. It’s ok to start mid-month — just be sure to stick to the challenge and complete the exercises every day without fail. […]

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Mature Women doing Yoga

Hiking Health – why yoga is so good for it

Posted: September 1, 2025

Fancy a trip to Spain my oldest and best friend Debs asked down the phone. It was winter and she was suggesting the trip in early autumn. A walking and yoga holiday was being suggested. I don’t want to fly I said. No worries we can get the train she replied. The holiday would be […]

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Hiking Health in later life by Rose

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Why I decide to stay strong… I am 75 years old and live in Oregon City, Oregon, surrounded by evidence of a cataclysmic event – The Missoula Floods. Although my partner and I live near a major city, no one had taken on the challenge of living on a hillside of rocks left by the […]

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Switzerland

Winter Wonderful – Warm bread, blue skies and solitary trails

Posted: August 20, 2025

Snowshoeing in Switzerland … As the days begin to get shorter our minds turn to new seasons and what’s in store. We have been asking walking women to share their stories of holidays throughout the year. We start with snow shoeing as for the first time we did a trek in February 2025. Full days […]

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