New Year Resolutions

Our local Walk 4 Health scheme got underway this year on New Years Day in Staunton and since then Walk Leaders have led walks every day except Sunday. Everyone needs a day off from time to time. The walk I lead with husband, Graham and several other trained Walk Leaders who help out when required goes from Dean Forest Cycles in Parkend  every Monday at 10.30 whatever the weather.

Today turned out to be dry for once so a combination of that and a variety of New Year Resolutions must be the reason for our highest ever turnout in 3.5 years. Thirty walkers (plus a couple more who joined us for coffee) chose which of the two routes to do - the longer, circular one or the shorter, linear one. We all arrived back at the same time which meant that poor Alex at Dean Forest Cycles had a long queue to cope with. He managed admirably.

The mixture of chat that goes on during and after these walks is amazing. Nothing is off limits and the help, advice and support that is offered, and friendships that are made, is heart warming. I love being a walk leader and my New Year Resolution is to promote the scheme as much as I can which is why I've started writing this!