Nordic Walking Watford

Sadly we didn't manage to get a Solstice walk up and running this year but sending you all solstice blessings!

Today is the SUMMER SOLSTICE!

It's the longest day of the year and marks the official start of astronomical summer.

The word solstice is derived from the Latin word solstitium which translates to "sun stands still." This is due to the apparent movement of the sun to the north or south stops before changing direction.

People across cultures have come together for thousands of years to celebrate the return of the sun’s light at summer solstice celebrations around the world.

The Summer Solstice ushers in the warmest season and reminds us that the season is short, slipping away day by day.

And it's the perfect time to enjoy nature! Did you today?

The WEDNESDAY WANDER - a gentle gear 1 walk but longer than our usual ones so a great way to start stepping up your distance.

Just ONE of FOUR walks on Wednesday at

Our ACTION TUESDAY walkers bathed in evening sunshine!

The joy of summer evening walks 🌅

A TREMENDOUS 5 miles around Chorleywood, still dodging the flooded sections of the Chess Valley.

But isn’t this sunshine just beautiful?

Starting the week with a gorgeous Monday Motivator. Sun beaming and blue sky above. is simply beautiful!

Congratulations to my latest trio of walkers to complete their POWER OF POLES Introduction course this morning at Rickmansworth Aquadrome.

My participants had joined a taster session and capitalised on their first taste of Nordic walking by booking a POP course where they got the hang of the technique and started feeling the benefits straightaway.

Well done and welcome to Nordic Walking Watford - we look forward to walking with you soon.

The wildflowers at Bunkers Park are springing to life and made a gorgeous venue for our SOCIAL SUNDAY walk this morning.

Congratulations to our latest POWER OF POLES graduates who managed to avoid the showers yesterday and enjoyed a lovely sunny afternoon session.

Clare had already completed her Power of Poles course a few months ago but following an injury was keen to have a refresher. And so she bought along good friend Miranda who was getting to grips with Nordic Walking for the first time.

Lovely to see how the poles can be supportive and enable a gentle return to exercise as well as how a runner can feel upper body engagement and huge benefits of using poles.

Well done Miranda and Clare !

Welcome to Nordic Walking Watford and we look forward to walking with you 💜

Fridays at are always buzzing with Nordic Walkers.

A beautiful sight 💜.

A simply amazing afternoon for our WOODLAND WELLBEING session, in the brilliant company of Kate Macnish - who simply knows all there is to know about bees! 🐝

We completed our walk and talk with a delicious honey tasting too!

Thank you so much Kate for sharing your astounding knowledge with humour and enthusiasm!

There’s so much more to Nordic Walking than just Nordic Walking!

WOW!!

You guys will pay a lot of money NOT to see my feet!!!

But thank you soooo much!

We smashed our target of £1000 for Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.

The money you donate helps to provide patient-centred palliative care and bereavement support for all those who need it in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

Your generosity is amazing 💜💜💜

COMING SOON....

Our unique new programme takes you from ARMCHAIR to ACTIVE in just 6 weeks! Starting on Friday 6th September, our weekly supported programme, will gently encourage you to be more active through Nordic Walking.

Why not give it a try?

Just £15 thanks to our working partnership with Three Rivers District Council.

Book your place now :
https://nordicwalking.co.uk/find-walks/307586

ITS NOT TOO LATE… !

Ooh look - we could still make our target of £1K!

Thank you so much to everyone who has already very kindly sponsored us - it’s really appreciated by all 4 of us and Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.

If you haven’t, I’m going to start posting photos of my black toenails until you succumb… 🤢🤢🤢😂😂😂

https://www.justgiving.com/page/nwwsahm

Kicking off the week with some Monday Motivation!

A lovely 3 miles around Radlett for our Gear 2 walkers 💜

Huge congratulations to these three, finishing the with a Personal Best today!

It’s a notoriously tough course but such a great atmosphere and what an inspiration these guys are to our walkers!

I know that much of our community is deeply shocked to hear this news.

Thinking of everyone who mourns a very special man, not least his loved ones 💜

No stranger to our pages or our instructors and walkers, we have often featured the brilliant, thought provoking and life changing Dr Michael Mosley.

Today we are thinking of all his family, friends and loved ones as they face a future without this amazing man.

With huge respect, may you rest in peace Dr Mosley 💜

📸 photo credit BBC just one thing

Huge well done to our St Albans Half Marathon finishers !

Gary Ansell 2 hrs 47 mins
Catherine Mountford 2 hrs 48 mins
Caroline Eldred 3 hrs 30 mins *PB
Tracy Reeve 3 hrs 30 mins

Thank you thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far - we are truly grateful and know the different it will make to our charity for the year Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.

If you haven’t sponsored us, it’s not too late.
We are still away off of our target so it would really help - thank you! 💜

https://www.justgiving.com/page/nwwsahm

In terms of longevity, walking is associated with a longer and healthier life 💜

The benefits of walking: is it the ultimate anti ageing exercise? How walking can help you live longer, sleep better and even turn back the biological clock

A cracking turnout for our WONDERFUL ELEVENSES walk today, visiting the totally fabulous 💜

We are taking part in the St Albans Half Marathon this Sunday!

A select team of just 4 of us, starting at 7:30am!!!

Please, if you can, sponsor us and spur us to get out of bed ridiculously early in aid of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/nwwsahm

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Do you like a CHALLENGE?

Nordic Walking Saddleworth certainly do! Well done to their 16 strong team who took part in the Grasmere Gallop this past weekend.

And this weekend Milton Keynes Nordic Walking are taking part in their local Race for Life event and Nordic Walking Watford are taking part in the St Albans Half Marathon. Good luck to both teams !

Challenges help us to stay on track with our training and goals - and motivate us to push ourselves that little bit further. It's only when you step OUTSIDE of your comfort zone that growth and improvement happens.

Whether it's a 5K, 10K, a half marathon, full marathon or an ultra, our fully trained Nordic Walking instructors can help YOU achieve your goals.

Why not consider signing up for the 16 mile challenge event at the WALX Festival in September? It's a beautiful route and you will be well supported by the best instructors!

Huge thanks to the brilliant team at The Kitchen Croxley for welcoming all 18 of us so warmly this morning for tea and cake on our WONDERFUL ELEVENSES walk.

Delicious food, friendly service and a lovely atmosphere! 💜

Give them a try!

Look at that!

The beauty of on our TREMENDOUS TUESDAY walk this morning.

Enough said 💜

BOOK YOUR WALKS!

Our Summer walk programme is now being uploaded and July is available for booking.

August and September will be coming soon...

A full house for our MELLOW MONDAY walk this morning from Rickmansworth Aquadrome. A gentler way to keep active and enjoy the outdoors.

We are trending!!!

Come and join us 💜

All set up for delivering our **NEW** Discover Nordic Walking Taster sessions at as part of their Active Wellbeing Festival.

Nordic Walking underpins everything we do at - but we do so much more than just Nordic Walking!!

Created by our lead instructor Tracy Reeve, this taster session is designed to showcase everything we do.

And we received a lot of compliments today about this fabulous session.

Why not give it a try? More taster sessions loading soon… 💜

There’s still a few spaces left for the Active Wellbeing Festival at Woodoaks Farm tomorrow.

Why not come on down? We would love to see you 💜