As someone who has loved walking since, well since I could walk I find it takes some effort to consider that for most people the natural inclination is to avoid walking rather than walk. On the other hand, I have made walking a central part of my life and if this is not the case …
The podcast is a showcase for topics that may be useful to you if you want to be happier, healthier and especially less stressed. There are three core areas of discussion: walking, living at a human pace in terms of living simply and using our human skills rather than letting technology do it all for …
My mates Gaby and Jo and I went for a hike in the Shropshire hills in the summer last year—those around Carding Mill Valley to be precise. We’d had enough of the stuffy old city and the Easter break gave us just the excuse we were looking for. It was as we were trailing round …
How a yomp in the hills is unexpectedly business-like! Read More »
We’ve never known anything like it and we were totally blindsided: Covid19 has defined 2020 in truly historic ways. We are now starting to emerge, blinking into the sunlight of a roadmap to normality: furloughing will end after October. With this defined date in play we can surmise that soonish (perhaps late summer) many more …
Why are so many of us so anxious? At first sight it seems a rhetorical question, after all we are living in seemingly one of the most turbulent times in modern history: In the UK Brexit created the type of knife-edge mentality that tore friends and family members apart. For many people this ignited a …
The pressure to go ‘all-in’ to conform is fuelling anxiety. Read More »
At Walking Pace is about more than walking. It is about communicating with others and more deliberate living. This is something I wanted to discuss with my friend David as we explored a bit of south Birmingham. Join us as we discover a hidden building, bollards and something very unexpected as we go off the …
Lockdown has meant many of us have slipped into unhealthy habits and no longer feel that we have control over our lives. Listen to my chat with Anne as she candidly shares how easy it is to drink too much when life turns upside down. Walking is a way to ‘re-calibrate’ and enjoy life again …
Walking benefits: cutting back on booze and getting back on track. Read More »