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A fabulous way to escape Jingle Bells and reset your Compass for 2027 Read on if you are tempted to get away this Christmas, or in the colder,darker winter months. Jay, our walking woman writer has been there and shares her thoughts, and the thoughts of others . In case your geography is as hazy ...

WalkingWomen has some remarkable guides who often notice extraordinary changes happening when women walk together. WalkingWomen holidays blend three things that create a ‘Magnetic Triad’ of well-being. There is plenty of evidence that walking is physically and emotionally good for you, we also know that women often thrive in the company of other women and ...

National Sisters Day – August 2nd 2026 Sisters were in conversation with Jay, our WW story gatherer and writer… I grew up with two much older brothers, and I think because I was a ‘tomboy’ I was happy that way, helping them repair cars, roaming wild on Salisbury Plain and having no pressure at all ...

Lynette was talking to Jay Courtney, Author of ‘Juicy Crones - Free for the Strangest Adventures’ (Bradt Travel Guides) ‘I don’t have any great wisdom or insight’ were Lynette’s opening words to me when we met on Zoom, me in Herefordshire UK, she in Ohio, USA. But of course Lynette did have both great wisdom ...

Summer has a way of making a walk feel like a gift. The longer days, the warmth on your face, the path that was muddy and grey for months suddenly alive with colour and birdsong. For many of us, the best walking we do all year happens between June and September. But the nature of ...

Like many people approaching retirement, I find myself entering a new chapter of life that looks rather different from the one I had once imagined. The future I thought I would share with a lifelong partner did not turn out as expected and, for a time, that felt daunting. However, rather than seeing this next ...

Joy's continuing journey I met Joy in her apartment near Muswell Hill, London. Her veranda overlooks a glorious garden that felt much more countryside than cityscape. She was about to celebrate her 94th birthday - friends were taking her out for lunch and to buy flowering plants for her patio. Ginny, Walking Women’s owner asked ...

I’ll be 83 in June, but still enjoy jumping off a cliff or a high diving board, and taking a chance. I live in Rhode Island, USA now, but before, in Gloucester, Ma. where there are many granite quarries, & where stone was once extracted and used in construction, for example along the Eastern seaboard of Boston...

Why more of our walking holidays are starting at a platform, not a gate There's a moment, somewhere between stations, when the holiday begins. You've found your seat. The tea is warm. A woman across the aisle has a walking pole propped against her bag and catches your eye with a small, knowing smile. Outside ...