Do you like going for a walk?

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It's one of my favourite things.

I prefer it in the mountains or somewhere beautiful, a lovely spring day is best burning I cantbhave that I still love a walk in a local park or even to the shops! I'll walk in all weathers, but my least favourite is when it's very hot.

It makes me feel happy and relaxed.

For a long time I thought people who didn't do it just hadn't tried it/got into the routine, but is it possible there are healthy/fit people who don't enjoy it?

If so, why not?

I walk every day, I hated last year as I had a month when I could only manage a few steps. Four months of intensive physio means I can walk up to 2 hours again, need to be very careful though. So really feel for people who can’t manage it, was the scariest time of my life

I walk at least an hour a day and have for years. Within a 10 to 15 min walk I can be in fields and woods, on the canal path or in a large park. Within a 10 min drive in proper countryside.

I love a walk!
It’s true sometimes want to get back under the duvet on a cold wet day but once I’m up and out I love the walking and also the meeting people on the walk. It’s been seven months of loooong walks since we got our new, young and bouncy, rescue dog and it’s done me the world of good. Losing weight, better mood, better flexibility. We’ve always had dogs but the last ones had got so old they only managed a very slow and short meander for the last few years and I’d got out of the habit. For some reason, even though I know I love it and it benefits me immensely, I just don’t go for walks when I don’t have a dog. No idea what stops me but it’s a good excuse to always have a dog 😁

Really?

I have had ME for 26 years and have been bedridden for the last 12 years with severe ME, so miss going for a walk!

Love to walk! But I live on the edge of some lovely hills, reservoirs and a river and canal that wind their way into the city. Also not too far from the city so best of both worlds.

I also love to wild swim and mounting bike but health crap has limited those activities at the moment. I think if I didn't have a dog and such lovely countryside to walk in I'd be in a much worse position health wise. It has kept my physical and mental health ticking over.
What a lovely thread 😊

I’ve just got back from a 5 mile walk in the sun. I mainly do it to get some steps and exercise in more than because I enjoy it.

I generally see walking as a transportation method of getting from A to B in day to day life. I walk a lot (very rarely use the car) but I don't particularly enjoy going on long, rambling walks for enjoyment. It's nice occasionally but there are other ways I prefer to spend my time.

I love walking and always did as a child. I'd get so excited if we were walking home from school instead of taking the car. It's so unfortunate that 40-50 years later, the car is king, walking is viewed as a hobby, and walking to get to school, work or to the shops, I.e. active travel, is viewed as being outside the norm. Walking to and from school was such a social experience and eventually led to independence and resilience.

Love walking, even more now I have a dog! We do about 2.5/3 hours together everyday and I find it very grounding and calming.

It’s also made a big difference to my endometriosis symptoms, if I have a few days off I can feel it creeping in…….

Definitely. Main reason I love living next to a 256 acre park in London. 🥰

Yes, I walk every day and clock up a lot of steps. It keeps me sane I think... uses up any negative energy.
I know every nook and cranny of where I live and sometimes I have to do a route in reverse to get a different perspective!! Sometimes, especially if I am listening to a particularly good podcast I just walk where my feet take me.
Lucky enough to have estuary and beach close by but I would love to live somewhere with more contrasts and interesting architecture.

I do not enjoy the walking itself, but I do like being in nature and seeing pretty views, and the only way to get there from the carpark is to walk.

Depends on the walk - i like a beach or woodland walk with the dog, but i do not like hills. At all.
I dont like city walking either as i dont like crowds or jostling.

There is so much to see in the countryside!
I took the dogs out this afternoon, saw a muntjac, a heron, a little flock of widgeon, a rainbow forming further down the river, lots of waterfowl, cherry blossom coming out.

Within the past week or so I've seen a buzzard, a kestrel, a blackbird very close, hares. A flock of jackdaws going to roost, rabbits, pheasants, moorhen - aside from the utterly predictable magpies, rooks, wood pigeons and crows. There are loads of snowdrops out at the moment, and hazel catkins.

The change of the seasons is wonderful to watch - in my opinion. But then, I don't like walking in cities unless I'm sightseeing.

Used to love it but plantar and arthritis make it no fun any more

I hike every day with my dogs. I'm retired, my husband isn't. I love walking in the countryside, forests and beaches and bays.

Yes, going for a walk is ace. Going for a run, not so much.

I had a friend who saw a walk as a fitness aim only. She'd power walk to 'burn the calories' and would get narked when I stopped as dog needed to pee and was totally focused on the a to b of the walk.
I once asked didn't she ever walk just to breathe in the air, look at all the different shades of green, the new spring growth, Listen to bird songs or feel sun on face.

She looked at me like I was mad.

Yes - I felt a bit cooped up yesterday so DH and I went for a walk around Hampstead Heath, which he knows quite well.

We sometimes do longer walks out of London, though about 5-6 miles is about my limit for a day (I have a dodgy hip so can't keep going for ages and ages), but I do love a walk with a stop/meal at a country pub!

Yes I love a walk. Love walking around the parks and woods in and around London, the different areas of London with their interesting histories, and just residential streets with nice houses and gardens tbh.

Love walking and I’m lucky to live near beautiful countryside. I managed 3 long walks whilst off work last week and took my AirPods in case I wanted to listen to a podcast but ended up not bothering. Sounds of nature were enough. Can’t wait for better weather so I can do more.
It’s better with company but just as good for my wellbeing on my own. I guess it’s what you’re used to though, I’ve been walking for years so it’s part of my life.

Absolutely love walking for the sake of walking and getting fresh air.
It’s a bit of me time and I stick my headphones on and off I go.
I’m not fussy about where I go, I don’t enjoy steep prolonged elevation but i’ll happily tackle smaller hills.
I have a lot of different routes nearby, some directly from my front door and others within a 5-10 minute drive.
Walk every day at lunchtime and then usually again after I log off from work. And then at the weekends I try and get a long one on a Saturday and Sunday although these are more hit and miss because the family are around and I sometimes go with them but they don’t like anything longer than about a mile or two really (well, ds!) so i’ll
do that one and then probably nip out for a long one later.
I will never take for granted the ability to be able to do it.

Well, obviously or I wouldn’t have posted it!

Not really. A walk to the shop is fine, but walking around the block by myself is boring, especially in the winter. I also have a bad association with COVID confinement now.

I love going for walks in nature, its one of the things that brings me back to lifes beauty