From the NWUK Community
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Want to improve your fitness in 2022? Or maybe you want to be able to walk further? Whatever the reason, our Walk2Fitness course is for you! Starting Sunday 27 February at 1pm Over 5 weeks we will aim to increase the distance and help you increase your stamina from 3.5 miles to 7 miles*, as well as adding in some
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Our calendars are ready to order!!! And you can choose from 4 different sizes, and a black or white background (A4 only) The more we order the cheaper they are, so the prices will most likely come down (but won’t go up) A4 Double £23 A4 Small £18 Slim (40x15cm) £22 Desk (21×10.5cm) £13 Last
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We want to try and make NeWTs the biggest and best Nordic walking group around, and to do that we need your help! Below we’ve listed some ways you can help, but we’re always open to suggestions, so if you can think of other ways to spread the word, do let us know. And if
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We say it every year, but 2022 has been our best year yet! 20 new NeWTs completed their Learn To Nordic Walk courses this year, opening the door to a wide array of walks, from Mossley to Macclesfield, and from Hollingworth Lake to the Lake District! We’ve enjoyed 2 amazing holidays to Grange-over-Sands and Guernsey
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Strap on your Nordic poles and your best walking shoes and follow the famous footsteps of a man we all know and love, Forrest Gump. He ran to the end of town, the end of the county, the end of the state, and to the end of the coast. Then he ran back a few times.
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Congratulations to Jane H who won our November competition with her photo from Poynton Lake Deadline to vote for December’s photos is midnight on Friday 6 January Click on the link below, then click on your favourite photos (there’s no submit button, just make sure the heart underneath the photo(s) goes pink. Click again on the
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Have you suffered from Covid and found it difficult to shake those residual symptoms? Being British, after being ill we typically start to feel a bit better and immediately think we’re fine and can just ‘power through’ that post-viral fatigue While some people might find they recover quite quickly, for others it can take much
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Each month we want you to share your photos from our walks. The one(s) with the most likes at the end of the month will appear in the NeWTs 2024 calendar! 𝓡𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼 1) Photos can be entered by posting them as a comment on the monthly facebook post, or sending them to Jane 2) Photos
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Each month we ask you to share your walk photos, and the winner (or winners) will be used in our NeWTs 2023 calendar. Each month we want you to: take photos on walks post them on facebook/instagram/send them to Jane to post (we’ll create a dedicated thread each month or tag us in the post)
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Stay warm and toasty while you stay fit this winter Don’t let cold temps keep you from walking this winter, take steps to ensure you can stick with your usual exercise routine all winter. Walking in the winter can be especially good for your health. A study by Ocobock (2017) found that people burn 34%
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(update 24 February 2022) The government have now removed all legislation around Covid, but we are still asking you to follow a few simple rules on our walks to ensure everyone stays safe. We have lots of vulnerable and clinically vulnerable people in the group, so whilst you might be willing to take the risk,
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Our calendars are ready to order!!! And you can choose from A4 (photo & calendar on an A4 page) or slim The more we order the cheaper they are, so the prices will most likely come down (but won’t go up) A4 Small £23 Slim (40x15cm) £22 Last day to order: Friday 24 November