From the WALX & NWUK Community
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Retired nurse, Anna Wardle is not one to give up due to pain or discomfort but this 62 year Nordic Walker has endured 9 Orthopaedic operations including a hip replacement and a subsequent revision after a dislocation. The first Hip operation was at the age of 51 and it wasn’t until the revision when she
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Many of our blogs feature coffee in some way, a group enjoying a coffee after a walk or an Instructor handing out coffees from their ‘Car boot Cafe’ in a muddy layby! So, it’s no surprise that our HQ is also fuelled by good coffee! But what is good coffee? That’s both good taste AND
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Nick Scudamore from London shared this amazing story with us…….. “I have lived with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) since childhood. If you can imagine having a heavy chest cold every day of your life you will get the idea. It would make you a little shy of exercise, wouldn’t it? Why work up a
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Armed with their Nordic walking poles 34 walkers, with an average age of 70, managed to walk 17,000 miles in one year. At the beginning of 2021 when the country was in lockdown Nordic walking leader Stephen Knight of set a challenge for his walking group based around Amersham, Farnham Common and Gerrards Cross in Bucks. He asked them
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We asked our resident nutrition expert Lucie Cormack what she believes are the best ways to kick start a healthy eating regime As followers of her LIVE Nutrition bites webinars every Wednesday evening will know – its all about eating FRESH, SEASONAL food plus healthy seeds, nuts and grains. But how do you prepare them
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Last year we featured Justin Moors from Dorset who shed an incredible 8 stone in 2020 following a health scare and the sad loss of his Sister. Justin had a heart condition which was related to the fact that he was morbidly obese and despite lockdown literally walked his way to fitness. We thought we
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As the Festive season comes to an end, you may feel in need of a few weeks of healthier eating so we have just the thing for you. Join our expert Lucie for Nutrition bites every Wednesday evening at 7 pm – it’s a live session where Lucie outlines some simple food facts, provides healthy
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When Steph. Ashton first came across WALX on Facebook, she was suffering from long covid and struggling to breathe. As somebody who had previously been relatively fit, she was gasping when she did try to walk any distance and felt she had to do something but needed help. Steph. was not an outdoorsy type at
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Firstly ………..I have Parkinson’s disease so my strength and well-being challenges me every day . I was a virtual recluse on lock down – Parkinson’s being one of the categorised illnesses on the Gov vulnerable list, that had to isolate, that might as well of been Hibernate because I didn’t go out for months May
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Chandrika Hirani had not left her house for three years after a period of depression was further impacted by COVID lockdowns As she does not drive or work, her world simply shrank to her own 4 walls and she began to lose the confidence to even speak to strangers, let along meet them. She knew
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November is here and despite a mild October, the chill has arrived with it. It’s easy to allow the shorter grey days of November descend around you like a cloud of Autumn fog, driving you to sit by the fire as you reach for those carb rich snacks. However, if you understand this phenomenon which
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We hear so many stories from people who have discovered Nordic walking and many have their own reasons for loving it so much – here is a powerful tale that has been shared by the amazing Jenny Budden My Nordic Walking Journey My Nordic walking journey starts a few years ago when I was watching