Keeping Excellent Company
Earlier this year, our Maggie's Centre Nordic Walking group was fortunate enough to meet British Cycling legend and six-times Olympic...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Mar 10, 2019
- 2 min
How Nordic Walking Has Benefitted Me (Anne, Tom & Margaret)
It's Anne's, Tom's and Margaret's turn to tell us what difference Nordic Walking with our Manchester Wellbeing Fund supported groups in...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Mar 5, 2019
- 2 min
How Nordic Walking Has Benefitted Me (Nick, Natalie & Marjorie)
Here's why Nick, Natalie and Marjorie love coming to our Wellbeing Nordic Walking groups in Wythenshawe Park and Chorlton Water Park: We...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Mar 2, 2019
- 2 min
How Nordic Walking Has Benefitted Me (Ros & Roz)
Next up in our series of Wellbeing group members talking about how Nordic Walking has benefitted them, Ros (regularly joining our...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
How Nordic Walking Has Benefitted Me (Dorothy & Peter)
Thankfully, the benefits of Nordic Walking for fitness, health and wellbeing have become more and more widely known in the UK and are now...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Feb 5, 2019
- 1 min
NordicFit+ in Open Up Magazine Didsbury & Chorlton
#NordicWalking #Walking #WalkingGroup #NordicWalkingBeginnersWorkshops #Miscellaneous #NordicWalkingTasterSessions #NordicWalkingBenefits...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min
Nordic Walking in Mud: How to Stay Safe
Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, in February Although the first snowdrops and crocuses have started to appear across our parks in South...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Aug 14, 2017
- 3 min
5 Nordic Walking Myths Busted
Although Nordic Walking has been around for a while now, there are still a lot of half-truths about the activity floating around. Let’s...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Jul 20, 2017
- 2 min
Nordic Walking 'Elevator Pitch'
Nordic Walking has become quite a common and well-known activity here in Britain, so we don’t get too many bemused looks any more when...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Apr 27, 2017
- 3 min
Greater Manchester Walking Festival
May is National Walking Month, and Manchester is celebrating with a big Walking Festival organised by TfGM in partnership with HOME. Here...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Apr 25, 2017
- 2 min
Can You Nordic Walk Using Trekking Poles?
The simple answer is, NO! While both types of poles definitely have their place, they are designed for different purposes, and although...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min
8 Reasons to Keep Nordic Walking in Winter
Imagine the following scenario: it's a cold, grey day in February. The paths in the park are covered with mud and puddles, and soon the...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Feb 1, 2017
- 1 min
Manchester Walking
Flooding in Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, January 2017 One of the participants in last Saturday's Beginners' Workshop told us about the...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Jan 17, 2017
- 2 min
How To Keep in the Swing of Things
So you've just completed the first part of our NordicFit+ Nordic Walking Beginners' Workshop and you're wondering how to practice -...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Jan 4, 2017
- 1 min
Happy New Year!
Wishing everybody a very happy new year! Hope to see you at one of our classes in 2017! #NordicWalking #Miscellaneous
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Dec 23, 2016
- 1 min
January Nordic Walking Sessions in Manchester
Are you looking for a way to keep fit and healthy in the new year? Would you like to spend more time outdoors? Have you heard about...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Sep 21, 2016
- 1 min
Nordic Walking South Manchester Parkrun
I Nordic walked South Manchester parkrun last Saturday, which was a fantastic experience. I love that parkrun is such an inclusive event:...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Sep 5, 2016
- 1 min
Celebrity Nordic Walkers
Although we certainly don't need celebrities to convince us about the benefits of Nordic Walking, I thought it would be fun to do a...
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Marion Endt-Jones
- Aug 30, 2016
- 1 min
Nordic Walking in German Children's Books
Nordic Walking was adopted as a popular sport in Germany, where I'm from, far earlier than in the UK. I remember newspaper and magazine...
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