tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post1382670149203944439..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: WalkingElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-87698236273741744572011-09-19T22:08:33.773+01:002011-09-19T22:08:33.773+01:00That's an interesting post. I doubt I walked m...That's an interesting post. I doubt I walked more than a mile or two today - but then (see blog) I walked ten along the cast path on Saturday.<br /><br />Interesting you mention Kilvert - he lived for a while in Chippenham (where I live about half the time) and our good friends live in his house - and rather grand it is too.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-77227656946485457362011-09-18T15:05:45.528+01:002011-09-18T15:05:45.528+01:00Hi Elizabeth,I loved your post about walking. Thre...Hi Elizabeth,I loved your post about walking. Three of us did some of Dorothy W's walks a few years ago.<br />They walked all these miles, in all weathers, then came home,wrote letters and read a couple of books of Paradise Lost!!Another world.<br /> I like cycling-you can see over the hedges.linda chiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-65031577924185256912011-09-17T21:14:34.354+01:002011-09-17T21:14:34.354+01:00Pondside - we live somewhere where walking has to ...Pondside - we live somewhere where walking has to be either up or down hill, and which you choose first there will be uphill sometime! I suppose it is the price of the view!<br />Weaver - I like your phrase about "losing the skill" of walking. It is as if we have forgotten how far we can go under our own steam.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-15556530655519944872011-09-17T19:36:28.875+01:002011-09-17T19:36:28.875+01:00Yesterday I walked for 5 hours, there was a lot of...Yesterday I walked for 5 hours, there was a lot of dallying and looking along the way, so I have no idea how many miles it was, because we were in a forest ambling. <br /><br />Today, I have barely walked at all, my legs/hips/back simply wont let me!<br /><br />Agree about driving less. I am trying to cycle more, and am about to learn to use a horse and cart, which although sitting, should be pretty good exercise too. <br /><br />If there was a favourite way to get about, I'd grow a tail and swimZoƫhttp://zoelynch.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-15361744170469297562011-09-15T22:22:06.561+01:002011-09-15T22:22:06.561+01:00Liz - oh I do know what you mean about time! Our l...Liz - oh I do know what you mean about time! Our local village is five minutes away in the car, nearly 45 minutes hard walk. It is a lovely walk but feels like a luxury when there are so many other needs I need to do!<br />Linda - 100 degree heat! I certainly couldn't walk in that. I am not sure I could live in that happily either. I must be a temperate soul!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-85341516196399409992011-09-15T22:02:24.624+01:002011-09-15T22:02:24.624+01:00Thought provoking. Today I walked for 20mins, to t...Thought provoking. Today I walked for 20mins, to the allotment and back. I do that three to four times a week, but that doesn't feel like "proper" walking to me. When I first lived in Bristol I thought nothing of walking across the city - it left me free to drink with friends and not worry about driving. The last twenty years have pretty much put paid to that kind of walking, turning it back into a leisure activity - and how I get to the allotment. The thing I love about walking is that it helps me feel rooted in the area, in a way you just can't be when whizzing by in the car. Plus it makes for great thinking time.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-29577842903226115312011-09-15T16:08:02.993+01:002011-09-15T16:08:02.993+01:00Lovely thoughtful post. I love to walk, a usually ...Lovely thoughtful post. I love to walk, a usually do around 5 miles a day with my dog and pedometer in tow. Occasionally I have a 'slow' day, but inevitably feel sluggish for it!!walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-40014648961079934732011-09-15T06:35:04.456+01:002011-09-15T06:35:04.456+01:00I used to walk a lot. With my health problems, I a...I used to walk a lot. With my health problems, I almost quit entirely. <br />Now I'm back to walking eight to ten blocks a day (mile and some). Today I was at the University, and didn't walk quite as far.<br />Walking is the best exercise overall; I'm going to keep doing it. Trust you will, too.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-68979109090474967022011-09-15T03:05:34.250+01:002011-09-15T03:05:34.250+01:00I'm searching for a job right now, and one of ...I'm searching for a job right now, and one of my criteria is that I should be able to get there by public transport combined with walking. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but incorporating walking into my commute time is the only way I can be sure to get exercise into my day.The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-7911432941647828992011-09-14T23:03:25.616+01:002011-09-14T23:03:25.616+01:00Marcheline - I have visited cities in the US quite...Marcheline - I have visited cities in the US quite a bit and think they may be the most inimical to walking that I know. From memory the best was Seattle and the worst Las Vegas. I wonder if this is something to do with when they were built. So many european cities were built when everyone walked all the time. So many American and Australian cities were built around the car.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-65561941727508996502011-09-14T21:32:36.554+01:002011-09-14T21:32:36.554+01:00I don't walk much, except to let the dog out t...I don't walk much, except to let the dog out three times a day. If I have to go anywhere, I ride my bike. I have no other means of transportation and I like to think that this is a very healthy way of getting about too. It's true that I should do more walking and bike riding. Now I only do it because I have to and not because it's fun.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-90149649944025146322011-09-14T18:48:26.003+01:002011-09-14T18:48:26.003+01:00Belinda - I agree totally that when walking peopl...Belinda - I agree totally that when walking people move at a pace they were designed to. When I walked the offas dyke long distance path a couple of years ago I felt I was seeing the land as it had looked for generations and the pace at which we walked made me see things quite differently from the way we do from cars and trains.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-75770724802273874982011-09-14T18:21:26.104+01:002011-09-14T18:21:26.104+01:00I have read and re-read Dorothy Wordsworth's j...I have read and re-read Dorothy Wordsworth's journals, and I too am struck by all the walking - and the stamina - of the woman, who also helped to run a busy household as well as cosset her brother. I visited Dove Cottage in Grasmere some years ago, on a dark, extremely wet day in August; the kitchen fire was burning, and the house was gloomy, but so atmospheric; it made me think of how much they must have battled with mud in their daily lives!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698451714010736316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78841405571975265292011-09-14T15:28:59.850+01:002011-09-14T15:28:59.850+01:00Interesting post, Elizabeth. Funnily enough, as ...Interesting post, Elizabeth. Funnily enough, as we rode up our lane this morning I remarked to the farmer how much things had changed in the last seventy years or so.<br />The farmer walked the three miles to school each morning, and home again at night - in all weathers.<br />If we wished to go anywhere, we walked. Now we have almost lost that skill. It has become easy to opt out of walking on all but the really lovely days.<br /><br />I do agree about studying the poets - one does not begin to really appreciate the minutae until one reaches ones forties - certainly in one's late teens it doesn't always go deep enough.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-353567570300615332011-09-14T15:19:25.352+01:002011-09-14T15:19:25.352+01:00What a good post Elizabeth, and one close to my he...What a good post Elizabeth, and one close to my heart. I love to walk, but spend a lot of time in the car. Yesterday I might have walked 2 km, as I walked with a client to an appointment. Once a week I take a long walk with a friend, but outside of that pretty much just walk the dog and walk to let the hens in and out. The closes destination is 5 km away, and from time to time I walk there, but then the walk home is all uphill!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54727721353546061902011-09-14T15:09:01.471+01:002011-09-14T15:09:01.471+01:00Marvelous post!!
I walk to clear my mind, think an...Marvelous post!!<br />I walk to clear my mind, think and pray. It is a 1.7 mile walk here in my neighborhood if I walk the 'snake' starting in front og my house and staying on the sidewalk til I return to the front of my house.<br />One must walk early or late here. We are on our 70th day of 100+ degree heat! NOT walking weather.<br />I am going to look for the diary. I love reading journals, diaries and letters.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623820316056914224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-2383566305844208312011-09-14T14:56:42.237+01:002011-09-14T14:56:42.237+01:00I walked quite a bit this morning, in an effort to...I walked quite a bit this morning, in an effort to pick up provisions at local shops instead of the big supermarket. A huge disadvantage for me is the amount of time it takes. I so need to catch up with weeding, or dealing with the fruit and veg glut. I have to say, when the sun came out, I got very impatient!<br />Sadly, have to go to work tomorrow and also over the weekend. Our lives are too busy maybe. And this comes from a mindfulness practitioner! Oh dear..........Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590569757237550408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-61938970010291852032011-09-14T14:43:18.301+01:002011-09-14T14:43:18.301+01:00Sadly, society has also created huge areas where w...Sadly, society has also created huge areas where walking out under the sky is dangerous. Cities, areas of high vehicle traffic, and the like are not good places to walk for health. The likelihood of getting mugged or run over by an inattentive or inebriated driver, not to mention the breathing in of exhaust fumes, makes walking - sadly - one of the luxuries best enjoyed by country dwellers.<br /><br />We city folk have to take our walking indoors to the treadmill!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-69848010928784527912011-09-14T14:16:25.264+01:002011-09-14T14:16:25.264+01:00I love walking!I wrote a post about it last year. ...I love walking!I wrote a post about it last year. I just think it is a fundamental thing that our brains and bodies are still fabricated to do on a daily basis. We see the world at the pace we were designed to see it, and I think that makes it theraputic in some way. Having a dog has been the most fantastic excuse to get out there whatever the weather. I studied the romantic poets at uni, and now you've got me itching to go back to those diaries! xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169459398749257493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-50368200585946711842011-09-14T13:01:51.769+01:002011-09-14T13:01:51.769+01:00Mrs jones - running definitely counts!
Ms Caroline...Mrs jones - running definitely counts!<br />Ms Caroline - not driving seems to be the answer doesn't it?Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-84640458157355457032011-09-14T12:51:07.900+01:002011-09-14T12:51:07.900+01:00If I had answered this 6 months ago, the best I wo...If I had answered this 6 months ago, the best I would have come up with would probably have been a mile - or maybe two - walking my dog, and not every day. Now that we live in Seoul and I don't drive, my answer is much different. Today my son and I walked 4 or 5 miles, just to go out and do a few errands. It was awfully hot and humid and we were both a sweaty mess when it was over, but I'm glad I didn't have the option of a car and I'm glad I got the exercise!MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-53490213452736512012011-09-14T12:32:47.056+01:002011-09-14T12:32:47.056+01:00Not very far, I must admit, although I am planning...Not very far, I must admit, although I am planning to head into my nearest town - less than 5 mins drive, about 20 mins walk - to go to the bank so you may have just shamed me into take Shanks' pony instead. Although, I have to say in my defence, I <i>did</i> run for 2 miles yesterday - does that count?Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.com