Nordic Walking

I have found a new exercise helping me lose weight and also a great way to destress. I set out this week, with new found friend Cilla. We had met early september on the course previously arranged by Dartmoor National Park with Ranger Elaine Sylvester at Two Bridges. We set out this week, and chose to walk to the granite railway at Haytor this time. This was easier walking so that we could practice our walking with nordic poles properly using our correct muscles. The walking poles give balance and confidence and aid walking in a faster, rythmic system. We stopped along the way to view the beautiful scenery of the moor. It was an ideal day for walking, a cool breeze, a little warm sunshine at intervals. People were out walking their dogs, people seeking out the moorland letter boxes, others climbing Haytor Rock. We came across the lake near the quarry at Haytor. We met a professor with his geological students. They were from Bridgewater College and enjoying their studies looking at the structure of the granite rocks. On the way back we passed moorland cows with their calves. We called in at the newly built Moorland Information Centre and viewed the countryside we had enjoyed on the VDU film. The centre is much better than the caravan it had replaced. Outside we enjoyed a cup of coffee on the new decking area seated on a bench given by Dartmoor National Park and Ilsington Parish Council. We listened to the birdsong and looked for wild life in the nearby copse. Watch out for our November walk which will be around Princetown.