A couple of weeks ago I found a tick. Right under my bra strap. I don’t like to think about how much of my body it must have crawled over to get…
When the weather’s gorgeous, you’re feeling fit (thank you Nordic walking), and you fancy a lovely day’s walking with friends. But how to prepare and what to take? Here’s your handy checklist.…
I’ve had a crazy mix of a week this week. The joy of welcoming our friends Nordic Walking Girona for seven days of Nordic walking in and around Bristol and Bath. The…
Last weekend, whilst 16 of our club were enjoying 10 mile walks along the Cornish coast, I was trying to complete a 52 mile challenge walk in 24 hours. I’m…
Balance is way more complicated than I’d ever thought: muscles, joints, the inner ear, eyes, brain and skin. They must all work together through a constant process of position detection,…
As someone who has run a Nordic walking business for nearly ten years I am understandably asked lots of questions about Nordic walking poles. Whilst there are many Nordic walking pole…
Love them or hate them, hills are a fact of life in much of the UK and especially if you live around Bristol and Bath. Aside from the fact that…
Our Bristol Nordic walkers seem to love distance walking challenges. The super-long Camino de Santiago trail, Offers Dyke, Cotswold Way, Bath Beat, South Wales Three Peaks, West Highland Way… and…
Many walkers taking part in the Bath Beat challenge a few weeks ago ended up with bruised, sore toes. Steep downhill sections were particularly aggravating, with their toes repeatedly jamming…
There were a couple health-related stories last week which I thought might interest you.New WHO global guidelines to curb dementiaLast Tuesday the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued global recommendations on…
