WALK with us
Fancy a walk?
How often have you promised yourself that you’d go for a walk, enjoy the great outdoors, disconnect from your phone and explore more, but then life happens, the weather looks a bit grey or you just run out of energy, or you just find something else to do?
Here at Of Paths and Paddles, we want to help you remember how wonderful it is to simply walk – for an hour or two or a full day.
When you join one of our walking days, it’s more than ‘just a walk’ though. It’s time to see the sky and take time to notice what’s around you. It allows you to silence your mind, make new friends and spend time with old ones. Our walks help you explore new places, build resilience and create stories that you can tell around the campfire during your future adventures.
Walking with us will help you carve out time for yourself, remember how amazing it is to give yourself permission to slow down and make time to breathe, give you freedom from the mundane or stressful day to day stuff and remind you how fantastic it feels to do something just because you can.
Yes, you can walk on your own but when you walk with Of Paths and Paddles it will feel like a magical adventure that you will want to do again and again.
Why walk with us
Why come for a walk with the team at Of Paths and Paddles?
- Enjoyable exercise with great company, in the great outdoors
- See the sky
- Gain mental clarity so you return to work/home refreshed physically and mentally
- Burn off all that adrenaline that’s been building up at your desk and return to work mentally and physically refreshed.
- Learn new skills
- Build resilience and a ‘can do!’ attitude
- Learn routes for new walks that you wouldn’t do on your own
- Expand your group of friends, with like-minded women
- Have some fun
- Create some life stories for telling around the campfire
- Slow down to a walking pace, to give your head time to rest, your body time and space to breathe
- Take time for yourself
- Stop being a “used to do” person, and become an “am doing” person
- A sense of freedom from the 4 walls – office, home, work,
- An opportunity to get outside and get out of your own head.
- Put the hustle of the day/week behind you and into a new perspective
- You change your pace to that of your own walking pace, so you slow down, relax, concentrate on something completely different.
- Inspire some creative thinking
Oh my word! with that list of benefits why wouldn’t you come for a walk with us?!
What happens on a day walk?
We meet at an agreed location. We walk in a small amiable group along a pre-determined route for about 6 hours (10-4). We go at a natural pace for the group. We stop and admire the views. We talk. We talk about the things that matter. We share if we wish to. We laugh. We breathe deeply. We enjoy the amazing countryside. We usually end with a tea shop or cafe or pub.
The routes are graded and accessible to all levels of fitness. Each group will have a group leader who will help you get the most from your walk. You can just enjoy the walk, or you can learn to read a map.
What if I can’t walk that far? Can I still join in?
Of course you can! That’s exactly why we created Monday Meanders. Meanders are half-day walks, for those who don’t have time for a full day-long walk, but who need a break; for those who need to build their fitness with shorter, gentle guided walks.
With routes planned to include stops for the view and for coffee, we will also include the usual laughter, like-minded walkers, chatter and minfulness. All the usual Of Paths and Paddles magic, condensed into half a day.
Next available walk
Check your schedule. Join us on one of the forthcoming walks on our Events page.