John McCarthy
As a nation, our feelings about walking are mixed. Some of us still harbour resentment at being hauled out as teenagers, post-Sunday lunch, to march over a windy heath by parents.
Or time poor, we drive to the gym to do ‘real’ exercise. Or we buy into the myth that walking doesn’t count unless we rack up ten thousand steps, and think ‘Why bother?’
Thankfully, huge strides have been made in understanding the impact of walking on our emotional and physical wellbeing.
