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May is National Walking Month, and Manchester is celebrating with a big Walking Festival organised by TfGM in partnership with HOME. Here is an overview of free Nordic Walking opportunities taking place in different parts of Greater Manchester throughout the month of May (the complete schedule of guided walks can be downloaded here): Monday 1 May 1:00pm Nordic Walk in Heaton Park Bury Sport and Physical Activity Service – ‘Walk with Me’ Nordic Walking uses specially-designed

Flooding in Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, January 2017 One of the participants in last Saturday's Beginners' Workshop told us about the following exchange she'd had with her son right before coming to the session: Mum: "I'm going Nordic Walking." Son: "Well, Mum, sorry - but it'll still just be Manchester Walking..." Made me laugh! It was especially pertinent as last Saturday was one of those relentlessly soggy days typical of Manchester in January. All of Fog Lane Park exude

Wishing everybody a very happy new year! Hope to see you at one of our classes in 2017! #NordicWalking #Miscellaneous

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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 roundup of celebrities who endorse Nordic Walking or who are keen Nordic Walkers themselves. (I would define 'celebrities', quite loosely, as people with frequent or high media exposure.) The ones I've come across are, in no particular order: Clare Balding Nordic Walking with INWA instructors Catherine Hughes and Rachel Davis BBC presenter, journ

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 articles, promotional material by sporting goods manufacturers, and Nordic Walking groups and courses appearing more widely in c. 2003. It is therefore not surprising that Nordic Walking has seeped into German popular culture to a far greater extent. Reading picture books with my 2.5-year old daughter, I recently came across these two images: