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Walking to say goodbye
Why walking was important for a final farewell, for space and time, gravitas, butterflies and strawberries Harry died this morning, and on Tuesday I went to say goodbye. It was the peak of the...
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Top tips for a midlife of adventure
Award-winning midlife-adventure podcaster Zoe Langley-Wathen tells us about changing her life with solo walks, and how to walk 3412 miles on a 35-mile stretch of canal It was a funny sort of delight I...
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How to fail at Slow Ways
Hannah chronicles a failed Slow Ways birthday walk across the Welsh Rhinog mountains in the company of her mum Good hillwalking, I reckon, requires the right balance of ambition and sense. Ambition to...
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Blisters: too much information
All the blister questions answered: what are they, how to get rid of them, wtf are all those different plasters for, and most of all – to pop or not? Many a good walk was spoiled by a blister. And...
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Happy St David’s Day / Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!
Do the little things on the day of the patron saint of Wales St David’s famous last words, spoken before his death on the first of March, were Arglwyddi, frodyr a chwiorydd, byddwch lawen a chedwch...
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Mending the C-section scars
How becoming someone’s mother stopped me in my tracks, but my first touring with kids is a salve for the soul Finding child-friendly Slow Ways routes I’d never had any accessibility issues until I had...
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Climate change and crying into my cornflakes
Hannah Engelkamp on climate anxiety among parents and the role our national walking network project has in climate change mitigation efforts This morning, Radio 4 featured an interview with the former...
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Slow Ways for kids! Yes, they exist!
The summer holidays are here, with all their joys and challenges. Here are our top tips for finding child-friendly Slow Ways Hello, summer holidays! For any adults with small children, we feel you....
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Eight ways to beat the autumn blues
As the clocks change and autumn doubles down, here are some tips for weathering (or even enjoying!) this wild season Autumn can be beautiful, but every year I lose it to dread of winter and mourning...
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Wales at 20
Wales brought in a 20mph speed limit in residential areas, and the change has been controversial. Hannah considers what it means for her country, her children and her twitchy accelerator foot In...
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