The Cotswolds is a protected area of beautiful countryside, farms and villages in the heart of England – a great place for a walking holiday. Details here!
Drinking water for folks on Walking Holidays
Drinking water on Walking Holidays. So let’s have a look at your walking day. You’ve just had a superb English breakfast at a cosy little UK B&B. The walkers’ manual suggests, “Caffeine: Avoid caffeinated beverages before your walk, they cause you to lose fluid, making you thirstier as well as making you take inconvenient stops […]
Weight Loss and Walking
Weight Loss and Walking: Weight loss must be one of the most popular reasons for people to take up the wonderful activity of walking. The thought of feeling the weight disappear as you make your way over hill and dale along, for example – the Coast to Coast Walk, is very appealing. And in most […]
Walking in Britain and Europe
Britain and Europe must be the favourite parts of the world to walk in. There is a range of great day walks and long distance trails for all classes of walkers. History trails, French vineyard paths, Italian coastal walks. For example, the GR 65 from Le Puy to Conques in France. The GR65 is one of the traditional […]
Some breathing space in our busy lives
Walking is becoming more popular as we get older, for all sorts of reasons. One of them is to obtain more “breathing space” in our busy lives. A walking holiday provides this and much more, such as the experience of engaging our senses with the land around us. Sure, there’s sweat and some tears in walking, but […]
Are cakes and cider OK for walkers?
This is a good question for any of us over 30, I’ll get back to that later in the post. But the truth is most of us are interested in our level of health, or at least well-being. So how can walking help? There are so many positives about walking, it’s a wonder we got […]