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27/08/2026

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Nordic walking is better than regular walking for improving strength, fitness and heart health. Instructor Katie Atkins teaches Harry Bullmore everything you need to know to get started

27/08/2026

This is the late Michael Mosley talking about the benefits of Nordic Walking

How adding poles to your walk can burn more calories and boost your heart health!

25/08/2026

£5 Taster sessions available, including pole-hire, on Wednesdays and Saturdays in August and September. To book your Taster, email [email protected] or contact Angela on 079171177769 on WhatsApp or phone.

25/08/2026

If you'd like to try Nordic Walking, here at Colchester Striders we can offer you a £5 Taster session including pole-hire.

You come for a 10 minute crash-course before joining our group warm-up and then onto a walk to see what it is like to walk in one of our groups. If you like it and want to carry on, we'll get you onto one of our training sessions, so you can carry on walking and improving your Nordic Walking technique. You will also be welcome to bring a coffee (or buy one from The Highwoods Country Park Visitor Centre) and join in our post-walk social session. We have walks at three different levels, so your ability will be catered for.

Contact Angela King on 07971 177769 or [email protected] to book onto a Taster.

25/08/2026

An article about the amazing benefits of Nordic Walking appeared in The Independent newspaper yesterday.

Read here:

Nordic walking is better than regular walking for improving strength, fitness and heart health. Instructor Katie Atkins teaches Harry Bullmore everything you need to know to get started

25/08/2026

And don't let us forget our cows.

25/08/2026

Some of our GOAT photos from Highwoods Country Park. We always make a small detour to visit our tribe of goats when we walk near the Slipe Field or Farthing Bottom.

25/08/2026

A hare seen on a Nordic Walk at Messing

20/05/2026

At the Dipping Pond this morning, a heron waiting patiently for a catch. The heron is sitting at the end of the dock to the right of the green plant.

17/05/2026

Last morning of our trip to Ireland. A roam around beautiful Coole Park. Taking in Lough Coole, The Autograph Tree and Sundial, the Visitor Centre and the delicious food at Cobblestone Café, before a quick drive to Shannon Airport and back to Stansted. Thanks to Coole Park Nature Reserve for a warm welcome and showing us a film of the life and times of Lady Gregory.

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