So what is a digital garden and why have I chosen this format to form the structure of this website? This quote sums it up quite well. A garden is a collection of evolving ideas that aren’t strictly organised by their publication date. They’re inherently exploratory – notes are linked through contextual associations. They aren’t…
One Sunday morning at church back in February an announcement was made about the church’s Lent focus/activity. It was to support Oasis Community Housing. I have written a bit about this here. There was an opportunity to support their work by signing up for their Lent challenge to Walk a Mile in their Shoes. It…
I have always loved walking, indeed looking back I recognise it’s the best way of helping me to think. As I prepared for my retirement, I was certain that walking was going to be a big part of what I wanted to do.
Before I attempted my next Nordic Walk I wanted to test myself to see if I could walk the distances required. Eight miles was a distance I hadn’t walked since having surgery and my confidence was low. This was also to prove it was practical for me to use public transport to do a liner walk. I picked this walk largely because there were no hills. I am pleased to say that it was a great day and successful on many levels.
It was a fateful day in May 2021 when I read an article in The Guardian which gave an account of a Nordic Walking break. It sparked my interest and I followed links via that article and arrived at Strolls with Poles.
