Hiking/Walking in general Reviews

I am lucky enough to live in an area of England (Shropshire) that is very good for hill walking so I can get out often to enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside. However, I work away from home for about two thirds of the year and so have to get my walking kicks elsewhere then. There are a lot of wonderful things about walking for ...  Read the complete review

Walking is great! I walk everywhere I can, I've never had a driving lesson in my life! It has to be just about the easiest way to exercise as you don't necessarily feel like like you are deliberately indulging in fitness. I walk to and from the station everyday, 20 mins each way and it's good exercise, but I don't really think of ...  Read the complete review

People just don't walk enough these days and it is beginning to affect their health. Many of the children at the local school get dropped off by car, most of them unnecessarily. I know some parents have to go straight to work but a lot are just too lazy and so are their children. After being cooped up in school all day children need a ...  Read the complete review

After just reading an opinion in this and having had a recent experience I decided to share it with all of you. I used to walk 5-10 miles per day but this was several years ago and I have gotten out of shape. I spoke with my doctor and she recommended starting to walk 20 minutes per day and increasing every 2 days an extra 5 minutes until ...  Read the complete review

I have not read in depth in this category, so do not know if anyone else has approached walking as I plan to do; sorry if this is a repeat. But the ones I did read in this section all make good comments about walking as exercise. Great idea, and I am certainly for it. Honestly, I do need to do it more. I tend to sit on the posterior ...  Read the complete review

As most Dooyoo members who read my opinions will know i am very anti car and have written many op's opposing the excessive use of cars and i feel that this subject is closly related. Every couple of months me and my family go to Norfolk for the weekend and stay in a cottage in a quite little village which is surrounded by beautiful ...  Read the complete review

“As we came down off the hill, the reservoir slowly came into view. The sun was glistening off the water. We stopped and listened. There was a peaceful silence, just the lapping at the waters edge, a gentle breeze whispering through the trees, and the occasional whistle from some unknown bird. On we carried, lost in our own little world, ...  Read the complete review

As a result of the Foot and Mouth problems some UK county councils have installed maps on their internet sites to show closed and open ROWs (Rights of Way). I have used the Dorset one ( http://194.238.223.186/dorset/mappage.asp ) and the Hampshire one ( http://www.hants.gov.uk/maps/paths/index.html ). There are some problems with selecting the ...  Read the complete review

Get those hiking shoes on or a pair of your sneakers and a pack on your back and head towards the woods. It can be any woods where there is a walkable path. Most states and countries have abundant areas of nature and trails you can hike on. Hiking is the ultimate outdoor sport to do. It not only exercises your body but it clears your mind ...  Read the complete review

Everyone knows that walking is an enjoyable form of exercise and I have always thought of walking as easy. Why, I do it every day! You just put your best foot forward and go! And, that was always the way it was until I decided I could walk a marathon for charity (see my opinion n the Playtex Moonwalk). Oh how wrong I was! Let me tell you, ...  Read the complete review

Walking is one of the best forms of exersize available - it helps your body to strengthen itself, it provides god exersize for the heart, and its easy to walk in a way that suits you. Walking is a good social activity, and very enjoyable in groups - away from the televisions, it gives you a chance to really get to know people. A ...  Read the complete review

As I used to live in Devon, I am extremely lucky in the fact that I used to have plentiful, and beautiful, countryside right on my doorstep. Naturally, I am a keen country walker, although unfortunately none of my family are...until today!! I had a day off work (which is not a likely occurance!) and my kids were around my house, on half ...  Read the complete review

For the past two years i have been on a trip to the Peak District and i am set to go next week. It is brilliant fun we stay in a local hostel were we set of from in the minibus or on foot . We take a different route every day in this 4 day holiday some places more desolete than others. We experience sinking mud otherwise known as peat usually ...  Read the complete review