Walking your way to health
by Andy Robertson Natural England’s Walking the way to Health
encourages you to enjoy your local natural spaces and benefit your
health by taking part in health walks. We’re the largest national
body promoting and setting the standards for led health walks.
Find more information about
what Natural England
does.
Paths for All is taking the next step forward
Paths for All is the national charity promoting walking for
health and the development of multi-use path networks in
Scotland.
Since 1996 we have played a key role in encouraging more people
to be more active outdoors by assisting in the creation,
management and promotion of accessible path networks and routes
in every part of the country. Following its launch in
2001, our innovative Paths to Health programme has led the way
in tackling physical inactivity through the promotion, support
and development of walking for health.
Now Paths for All is taking the next step forward with a new
look, including a new logo, encompassing walking for health and
path network development.
Paths for All's new strategy for 2009 -12 focuses our activities
around a new vision of
a happier,
healthier, greener, more active Scotland and our
2 strategic priorities of reducing the proportion of the
population who are inactive, through the delivery of a national
walking programme; and increasing the number, quality,
accessibility and multi-use of paths.
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Paths for All, Inglewood House, Tullibody Road, Alloa FK10 2HU
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More than 3,500 FREE England walks to download, all the books,
maps and walking groups for each county.
Every County gives you:
- Free Downloadable Walk
descriptions
- Loads of books of quality walks
- Lists of all the walking Groups in the County
- All the Ordnance Survey maps for the County
- Links to weather forecasts for your walk
Add Walking in England to your favourites
Interested in a Walking Holiday?
I want to start a walking group for people
within a radius of about 20 miles of Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
It
would be of interest to people aged between 50 and 70.
I find that
people in this age group are not catered for with the ordinary groups
as they go to far or fast. They also tend to be people on their own
who would like company or people who are retired who would like to
walk in company.
The walks will cover S.Yorks and North Derbyshire
and will be easy and short to begin with going to about 10 miles in
summer. Anyone who is reasonably fit could manage these quite easily.
The requirements would be strong footwear
preferably boots, clothing to suit the weather, sandwiches and a hot
drink. If you have a camera bring that.
It is surprising what you see.
If you would like to contact me on 01226 248114 for
a chat.
Best Wishes,
Bernard Partington.
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