To never go for a walk again for the rest of my born days?

[Sheeeeeep]

Never ever ever.

Weekends and holidays will be spent doing anything that does not involve Going For A Walk.

AIBU?

In my head I'm a 'walker', but the longing for a proper hike somewhere beautiful vs the reality of dragging the family round the freezing streets at toddler pace while dodging everyone else almost finished me off. Thus despite being the walking type I have barely left the house this lockdown.

I can't wait to get some proper hikes in (on my own!) but not going to judge anyone for wanting to do something else.

Well obviously YANBU if you don't enjoy it. I love walking, have a large dog that needs lots of exercise, and live in a walkers' paradise type area. Lockdown didn't make that much difference to my walking habits!

Given that local footpaths have massively quietened down, I think you’re not the only one! I’m still walking and enjoying it but have been doing it for all my life. Still finding new footpaths and routes!

I loved going for a walk this time last year. Even before lockdown we often used to spend weekends going for long walks.

Now I never want to go for a walk again! 😂

So sick of going for a walk. And I usually am v happy to!

I've been for about 10 walks in the past 13 months. Just can't get excited by it AT ALL.

There are a lot of woman, and some men, who go for walks everyday in my village. There are some woods here,and some fields here etc, there area few different places and tracks to walk down, but they all seem to singularly use the same tracks. So this means, that they all take their phones with them, then you will all see the exact same few photo's put on the FB community pages late..

The other day, there was about 10 women who all posted the same photo of a field,with two horses in it, then a bit later, another woman did the same thing, but the horses had moved up the field a bit, This very same field shot, was then posted by another 8 people.

They all came across a tree, that had some new fresh leaves on it,and two or three daffodils near the tree roots. the women all took the very same shots of these too. The women are not in a group. they walk or jog on their own So you will then see,a whole load of identical photo's on FB..

Yes I used to be a fan of a nice walk, but children and lockdown have both ruined it entirely. In some areas of Wales we've been banned from driving even a mile for exercise from September last year. I live by a river that I never want to fucking see again.

Luckily I work out of the house a few times a week, and my children have been with a childminder/at nursery most of the past year so I haven't really felt guilty about not getting them out more than once or twice a month. We're lucky we have a garden we spend most weekends in as well. I'm very much a fair weather person though and have zero interest in wrapping two small children up in 17 layers of clothes to listen to an hour of moaning before having to carry 30kg of children home.

@1forAll74

There are a lot of woman, and some men, who go for walks everyday in my village. There are some woods here,and some fields here etc, there area few different places and tracks to walk down, but they all seem to singularly use the same tracks. So this means, that they all take their phones with them, then you will all see the exact same few photo's put on the FB community pages late..

The other day, there was about 10 women who all posted the same photo of a field,with two horses in it, then a bit later, another woman did the same thing, but the horses had moved up the field a bit, This very same field shot, was then posted by another 8 people.

They all came across a tree, that had some new fresh leaves on it,and two or three daffodils near the tree roots. the women all took the very same shots of these too. The women are not in a group. they walk or jog on their own So you will then see,a whole load of identical photo's on FB..

And this is why I could never enjoy living in a small community in a rural location!

Of course you’ll go for a walk.. someday someone will say “let’s go for a walk “ and you’ll say “ok great “ 😂

Ugh. Can the regular walkers who "can't wait" for all the "zombie walkers" to stop "invading" "their" public spaces and "get back to the shopping centres" hear themselves? What an entitled, superior, snobbish and unpleasant attitude. Pictish's inadvertently offending the OP is classic - how did she THINK implying that anyone who wouldn't regularly walk for pleasure (but has been doing a lot of it lately for want of literally ANYTHING else to do) is an inconsiderate, shallow, materialistic litterbug was going to come across?

Honestly it's hilarious and horrible at the same time. Having a well-used set of walking boots and a favourite route DOES NOT MEAN YOU OWN THE PARK/WOODS/BEACH. Other people can go there too, in whatever volume they wish, whenever they choose. Hard bloody luck on you if you don't like it. Littering is wicked, but what is this "zombie walkers" bollocks? People are out walking. Because wtf else are they supposed to do?

What winds me all the way up about this is that people who regularly walk and make use of their local beauty spots obviously think it's a worthwhile thing to do; and from the tone of some of these posts obviously think it is a superior activity to, well, almost anything else anyone else enjoys doing. I daresay there's a certain sneeriness aimed at anyone who'd rather hit up the shops or the soft play than go for a wholesome, virtuous walk. And yet when people who normally wouldn't walk do, there's this territorial "yes but not YOU, plebs" attitude.

Honestly, you're not better than anyone else, nor do you have some sort of superior right to public space, because you walk regularly. Get over yourselves you ghastly snobs.

@sunflowersandbuttercups

I can't wait until all the lockdown walkers bugger off

Me too and my dog shares the sentiment

Honestly, you're not better than anyone else, nor do you have some sort of superior right to public space, because you walk regularly. Get over yourselves you ghastly snobs

I don’t think I’m better than people I’ll just be happy for our regular walks to be less busy again as my reactive fog has found the increase in foot and cycle traffic very stressful and it’s cost me a fortune hiring secure fields so she can safely have a run. If most of the people using the walking spots during lockdown would prefer to be somewhere else, that suits us.

I’m also clearly not alone, it’s now almost impossible to get a slot in the fields they are booked up weeks in advance.

Ah and of course a lot of the people haters will be dog owners. Because of course they are. Another group of people who seem to think their (and their hound's) right to use public space trump's everyone else's rights, especially the right not to be sniffed, licked, jumped up at, barked at, growled at, stalked, chased, and generally interfered with by their poorly trained/aggressive (sorry, 'reactive') animal.

I can’t wait for my children to restart playdates, parties, football, gymnastics etc at weekends so I can start going for my solo walk listening to a podcast without feeling obliged to drag them out with me!

I have lived in this house for 20 years. We are subject to a 5km non essential travel restriction. I live in the Capital City and I have found over 10 fabulous scenic mountain walks within my limit. Fabulous panoramic views of the whole city including the coastline which I haven't been able to physically visit as outside my limit. Lovely ascents, wooded walks, can let my dog off lead without being a nuisance, can have a picnic at the summit with the kids. Deer, squirrels, birds, bog, heather, frog zones, fresh air. Can't believe how much I've discovered on my door step from walking, cairns, fairy forts, castle ruins, reservoirs.

Ive been on some amazing walks this lockdown but we are lucky enough to live in an amazing part of the world. Its kept me fit too. So i will prob keep walking but go to more adventurous places. Mind you i used to hike round places like the hinalayas as a young women so its in my blood.

@1forAll74

There are a lot of woman, and some men, who go for walks everyday in my village. There are some woods here,and some fields here etc, there area few different places and tracks to walk down, but they all seem to singularly use the same tracks. So this means, that they all take their phones with them, then you will all see the exact same few photo's put on the FB community pages late..

The other day, there was about 10 women who all posted the same photo of a field,with two horses in it, then a bit later, another woman did the same thing, but the horses had moved up the field a bit, This very same field shot, was then posted by another 8 people.

They all came across a tree, that had some new fresh leaves on it,and two or three daffodils near the tree roots. the women all took the very same shots of these too. The women are not in a group. they walk or jog on their own So you will then see,a whole load of identical photo's on FB..

So what? Unless they are trespassing then there is nothing wrong with it.

@Draineddraineddrained

Ugh. Can the regular walkers who "can't wait" for all the "zombie walkers" to stop "invading" "their" public spaces and "get back to the shopping centres" hear themselves? What an entitled, superior, snobbish and unpleasant attitude. Pictish's inadvertently offending the OP is classic - how did she THINK implying that anyone who wouldn't regularly walk for pleasure (but has been doing a lot of it lately for want of literally ANYTHING else to do) is an inconsiderate, shallow, materialistic litterbug was going to come across?

Honestly it's hilarious and horrible at the same time. Having a well-used set of walking boots and a favourite route DOES NOT MEAN YOU OWN THE PARK/WOODS/BEACH. Other people can go there too, in whatever volume they wish, whenever they choose. Hard bloody luck on you if you don't like it. Littering is wicked, but what is this "zombie walkers" bollocks? People are out walking. Because wtf else are they supposed to do?

What winds me all the way up about this is that people who regularly walk and make use of their local beauty spots obviously think it's a worthwhile thing to do; and from the tone of some of these posts obviously think it is a superior activity to, well, almost anything else anyone else enjoys doing. I daresay there's a certain sneeriness aimed at anyone who'd rather hit up the shops or the soft play than go for a wholesome, virtuous walk. And yet when people who normally wouldn't walk do, there's this territorial "yes but not YOU, plebs" attitude.

Honestly, you're not better than anyone else, nor do you have some sort of superior right to public space, because you walk regularly. Get over yourselves you ghastly snobs.

This. It always amazes me that people who have moved to the countryside because of it's beauty and fresh air, get so annoyed at others who go there to enjoy the beauty and fresh air.

I hear what you’re saying drained and in a sense I agree, I am being a snob...but I can live with it.
I don’t care as much about more people being on my favoured route or it being busier...I’m a friendly ‘hello there’ hillwalker in passing and feel cheered by the sight of people all bundled up enjoying the peaks. I don’t think of the hills as mine. Plus, there are plenty of lesser known trails for me to find solitude in, it’s a large area. I am still well catered for.

I live in a small town that sits directly under a hill range. On the other side of that range is a city. The influx of morons who can’t behave in the country has been enormous...as has the rise in traffic accidents owing to dangerous parking, littering, fire starting, livestock worrying and vandalism.
When people come because there’s nothing else to do, shit gets fucked up. That’s just a simple fact.

Yes I am looking forward to it clearing out again. No apologies for that.

And yet when people who normally wouldn't walk do, there's this territorial "yes but not YOU, plebs" attitude.

The other walkers are probably thinking the same about pictish .

What is a "regular" walker, anyway? We walked "regularly" before lockdown but we went to a variety of locations and did other things too - weekends away, holidays, visiting friends and family, days out at zoo/museums etc. So whereas we might walk in our local area a few times a month, we weren't there every weekend day and during the week too since we had other things to do. Obviously, lockdown put a stop to all that and so we dutifully trudge round our local parks and trails 3-4 times a week.

Yes, there are a lot more people around, but how do you divide them into "regular" walkers (who are acceptable) and "new" walkers (who are to be sneered at)? Surely part of the problem is the so-called regulars like pictish and her ilk being out there more frequently?

I’m a friendly ‘hello there’ hillwalker in passing and feel cheered by the sight of people all bundled up enjoying the peaks. I don’t think of the hills as mine.

Not in any way the impression you have been giving, and the behaviour of these people seems to worsen the more your posts are criticised.

We're all different. I'd be climbing the walls if I didn't get a decent walk every day, and I don't just mean during the pandemic. If you don't enjoy it, there's no harm in not doing it (although I wouldn't recommend just spending the whole day sitting down). By the way, there has never been any obligation to go for a walk every day, as some people appear to think.

By the way, there has never been any obligation to go for a walk every day, as some people appear to think.

No one thought there was . However when going for a walk is all that you are allowed to do because everything else is closed and you cannot even go round to your friends for dinner or a coffee it's natural people would go for walks because there wasn't anywhere else to go and going for a walk was about the only thing you could do to fill part of the day.

I can't wait until all the lockdown walkers bugger off

^this