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Nordic Walk in Northampton

On Sunday the 20th of June, Nordic Walking, will be taking place in Fermyn Woods Country Park as one of the many events being held in June for the Northamptonshire Festival of Wellbeing 2010.

You may have seen it in the papers, you may have seen it on TV, you may have heard about it on the Radio. Nordic Walking is now available in Fermyn Woods Country Park in Northampton as part of the wellbeing festival events for June. Try something new, try Nordic Walking Today for your health and a more active lifestyle. Feel the difference Nordic Walking can make.

Who: Active Edge Solutions, British Nordic Walk Instructor, Sue Burnett

What: Nordic Walking for Health an Introduction.

When: 20 June 2010, 10.00 am - 12.00pm or 1.00 pm- 3.00 pm.

Where: Fermyn Woods Country Park, Kettering, Northants.

Accessibility: no experience required, will suit all ages, all fitness abilities. Please note there will be fair amount of activity involved.

Clothing: Dress for the weather, sunscreen and shades for the sun, windproofs for the wind etc. Trainers and bring water.

Refreshments : Available at the Skylark Cafe.

All donations of £1.00 per person will be donated to the Forestry Commission the kind host for this event.

Children are welcome, 8 + must be accompanied by an adult, partent or guardian.

To find out more: contact Sue Burnett, British Nordic Walk Instructor - INWA

w: www.activeedgesolutions.co.uk

m: 07901 937 665

Public Speaking with a Twist of Green

Have you seen the invitation on the Greeniversity website? Do take a look at the invitation and pass it on to your freinds and get them to sign up for this wonderful evening. The more we have the merrier it will be. Let us show the greeniversity how green we can be.

Where Can YOU go NORDIC WALK?

Thursday 13th of May.

GREENIVERSITY Nordic Walk Taster
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Werrington Sports Centre, PE4 6NJ Cambridgeshire PE4 6NJ

Thu 13 May
Nordic Walking for Health and Fitness
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Werrington Sports Centre, PE4 6NJ Cambridgeshire PE4 6NJ

Nordic Walking is seen to be Green

Nordic walking is an environmentally friendly and helps you to improve your well being too. Discover what is in it for you. Whether you want to make new friends, have more fun or learn something new. There will be something that is right for you.


Nordic Walking is seen to be a greener activity. Unlike other cardiovascular machines, it does not use any electricity to run the equipment and it generates it's own energy levels without making demands of fossil fuels. This week there are taster sessions available on Thursday the 6th of May at 17:45 until 18:15. Try out this green activity for free and be seen to be greener in your cardio work out. You will meet new like minded people who are willing to challenge their status quo and try a new activity. To register your place, visit : www. greeniversity.org.uk

Nordic Walking on a Shoestring of Time!

Nordic Walking is rapidly becoming a great way of getting healthier and keeping fitter for those who wish to get healthier and fitter on a shoestring of time.

The Werrington based group, began their Nordic Walking adventures back in January when the nights were dark and the weather was snowy, damp and cold. Undeterred by the cold, freezing depths of winter the walkers have continued to keep up their new found skills, improved health and fitness and urge more city people to join in.

In January one walker joined the group and she said she had been waiting for two years for Nordic Walking to be available in Peterborough, “It is like a breath of fresh air for my mind” said health professional Janet Martyr.

Another Nordic Walker, Paul Frost said recently “ I’ve discovered new ground I didn’t know existed” and he has lived locally for over 25 years.

You will make NEW friends, have more FUN and get FITTER and HEALTHIER while learning about a wonderfully GREEN activity and put a spring back into your step with Nordic Walking for health or fitness.

The Green Festival starts on the 29th of May. In the run up to the festival, Active Edge Solutions is proud to offer taster sessions for the Greeniversity (www.greeniversity.org.uk ) students during May.

To find out more and start your Nordic Walking journey to better health and fitness contact, your INWA qualified Nordic Walk instructor, Sue Burnett:
M: 07901 937 665 W: www.activeedgesolutions.co.uk

Nordic Walking - New Territories

It was Thursday, our regular Nordic Walk night, 6.30pm. The would be Nordic walkers gathered in the car park at Werringtion Sports Centre, keen, ready and willing to walk. After the initial health checks that everyone was fit to go, no new aches, pains or illnesses we were ready to warm up. Poles in hand and ready for some Nordic Action.

Into the unknown the Nordic walkers went, the evening was light and for some it was the first lit walk of the spring. Their Nordic Walking had started in the dreary dark dank days of January, February and March. So you can imagine the their delight as Cuckoo's Hollow came into view for the very first time. Mallards, moorhens and ducks skimming the water, bullrushs long tall and punching proud heads into the light bright spring night. We practiced some Nordic technique down by the waters edge, not too close swimming was not on the agenda.

On we walked along a leafy wooded track, which blotted out the estate landscape. All we could hear was the point of the poles planting into the ground and the sounds of birds song lound and clear.

It became evident that the Nordic Walkers were delighted with the sights that came into view in the early evening light they remarked at how different it looked to what they had imagined on their damp dark and dank nights of the wintery months. The walk would not have been suitable for dark nights. Hence their joy, amazement and wonder. Even one of our group members who had lived in the area for 25 years was discovering new territories that he had not previously trod.

All too soon the time was marching on and we were approaching the end of the lesson and we had to return to the Sports centre. How far did we walk the group wondered. One lady had a watch with a garmin type device and she had plotted the route. 2.54 miles the walkers were delighted to have walked so far in such a short space of time. Energy levels increase the stresses and strains of the day had simply faded away. Everyone looking forward to the next one.


Do join us next time around, 6.30pm, Thursdays Werrington Centre. You will be pleasantly surprised, one Nordic Walker said " Sue can you find some more walkers to join us?" To which I replied "I will do my best, but do tell your friends and collegues now the evenings are light and the weather is better. It will be easier to pursuade the fair weather walker. The next taster session will be at Bretton Park, on Saturday the 01st of May. It is free but there is a small charge of £2.00 for pole hire." Tel: 01733 766 990 to find out more and how you can join in the Nordic Walking throng.