Get Walking Keep Walking » Sheffield Blog http://www.getwalking.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:21:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Happy New Year to Sheffield Volunteers! http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/happy-new-year-to-sheffield-volunteers/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/happy-new-year-to-sheffield-volunteers/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000 chris.kelly http://www.getwalking.org/?p=8786 Happy New Year to Sheffield volunteers! Despite the grim weather, there is excellent news for the new year. Our first regular meet-up is due to take place on Monday. 9th January. Meet at 10:30 at Malin Bridge Supertram terminus for a walk around the Rivelin Valley. The plan is to stop for lunch at the Rivelin Cafe on the return route before finishing back at the tram stop. I will be leading the walk, and Steve G will be back-marking, but we will be looking to set the date and choose a venue and a leader for next month’s meet-up. The forecast is good, but given recent weather, please come prepared for cold and muddy conditions.

Many of you will have heard via email, or via the grapevine of the excellent news that Rob (Haslam) has been successful in securing funding to enable the Trail Tales primary school project to forge ahead.  The details of this are in a pdf which Rob sent via email, and I will endeavour to attach it to this blog, although as it’s my first go, I’m not sure if it will work:

schools project

 

Hoping to see lots of you on Monday!

Chris K

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/happy-new-year-to-sheffield-volunteers/feed/ 0 Get Walking in 2012 http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/get-walking-in-2012/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/get-walking-in-2012/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:21:26 +0000 rachel.jenkins http://www.getwalking.org/?p=8745 Take to your feet for the new year and burn off those Christmas calories. Walking is a fantastic way to improve your health and fitness and can help you lose weight and even banish those winter blues.

The beauty of walking is that it is free, almost anyone can do it and it’s easy to get started. You don’t need to spend lots of money on joining the gym or expensive equipment; all you need to do to get started is pull on your trainers and step outside.

You don’t need to travel far to get walking. In fact, walking is a great way to explore your local area and there are plenty of attractive places to walk in towns and cities as well as in the countryside. Check out our advice for finding great places to get walking.

Another great thing about walking is that it is a social exercise, you can walk in a group, with your friends or family.

So, start your new year’s resolution today and get walking!

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/get-walking-in-2012/feed/ 1 Walking Out – Short walks in 2012 http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/walking-out-short-walks-in-2012/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/walking-out-short-walks-in-2012/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:58:37 +0000 ruth.thomas http://www.getwalking.org/?p=6781 The 2012 leaflet for the Walking Out programme of short walks run by Sheffield Ramblers is now out – look for leaflets in your local library. For 2012 the programme has been expanded with two monthly walks on offer on a Thursday as well as monthly walks on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The walks are also now graded as either “Stroller” or “Strider” so you can choose a length of walk to suit you.
Stroller walks are easy going 1.5 – 2hr walks of approx. 3 miles and Strider walks are slightly more challenging 3-4 hour walks of approx. 5 miles. View details of the 2012 Stroller walks on Ramblers Walk Finder
or view Current Walking Out leaflet
So why not try one out and enjoy a short walk with a sociable group around Sheffield?

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There were speeches by Helen Judge, Coordinator of Get Walking Keep Walking in Sheffield and Jeremy Wight, Director of Public Health NHS Sheffield who both spoke about the health benefits of walking. Local Councillor Alan Law spoke about the Journeys to Hidden Places arts project – a great collaborative effort. To finish off the speeches veteran Ramblers member John Bunting, who was involved in campaigning for access to the countryside since the 1930s, encouraged everyone to get out and make the most of the Peak District on our doorstep.

We started off with a lively Zumba dance warm up, which got everyone moving. The walk took in some of the art works which were part of Journey to Hidden Places including Giant Hands and the soon to be completed Ripples in the Pond wetlands area. We were welcomed back from the walk by African Drummers and then everyone took part in various activities – more Zumba, children’s wildlife activities organised by Sheffield Wildlife Trust and Sheffield City Council Rangers and 36 people continued onto a 5 mile walk up to Wincobank Hill and Woolley Woods – exploring more of the Journeys to Hidden Places art works.

Click here to see the Calendar News report on the event!
And also here for an interview with Get Walking Keep Walking volunteer Maureen Hancock and Project coordinator Helen Judge

Photos of the event are also on our Facebook page

A huge thank you from the Ramblers to everyone who attended and supported the event including Dave Rice, Errol, Darren and Peter at the First Start centre who were enormously helpful, Friends of Firth Park, Jeremy Wight, Councillor Alan Law, John Bunting, Dawn Lockley, Chris Fox of Fox Audio, Christine Ventour – Zumba Instructor, the African Drummers, Mark Hible of Sheffield Wildlife Trust and Tom Broadhead (Sheffield Rangers), Penny Rea (Friends of Wincobank Chapel) and not least all our wonderful Get Walking Keep Walking volunteers who helped out on the day and also beforehand stuffing all those bags with goodies.

Get Walking, Keep Walking!

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/walk4life-day/feed/ 2 ITV Walk 4 Life Day Sheffield http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/walk-4-life-day-sheffield/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/walk-4-life-day-sheffield/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:07:08 +0000 ruth.thomas http://www.getwalking.org/?p=5508 The Ramblers is proud to be taking a leading role in helping to lift the nation to its feet with a series of events taking place across the country on Walk4Life Day.

Join ITV and the Ramblers on Sunday 25th September for Sheffield’s ITV Walk4Life Day; a 1 mile walk starting from Firth Park, First Start Building at 11am. The walk will start off with a Zumba warm up! Our speakers on the day are Dr Jeremy Wight – Director of Publ…ic Health in Sheffield and Councillor Alan Law plus other special guests. Bring your family and friends to this FREE event and take those first steps to a healthier lifestyle.

Firth Park has recently seen an exciting creative arts project and the 1 mile walk will take in some of the new art pieces and the brand new wetland area. You will also be able to pick up your copy of the new ‘Journey’s to Hidden Places’ map to explore Firth Park even more. Cafe and toilets available in Firth Park.

After the 1 mile walk choose from:
A half hour Zumba taster session with Christine Ventour
Dragonfly making, a trail and clay modelling activites with the Rangers and Sheffield Wildlife Trust.
A 5 mile walk will leave at 12 noon from the First Start building to explore the other art works on the Journeys to Hidden Places map – including Brendan’s Glove Garden, Wincobank Hill and Woolley Woods. Please wear suitable shoes and bring a raincoat.

For more information please contact Helen Judge or Ruth Thomas on 0114 205 3954 or 07979693095 or Email: ruth.thomas@ramblers.org.uk

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Each walk takes approximately 3 hours.

For further details contact: Carol on 07789 180680 (text any time, but calls after 5pm only please)
Full details are on the Sheffield 40s group website

Family walks Diary, all starting 10.30 am

Saturday 20th August – Totley Moors. Meet at Fox house pub on A625 Castleton Road 272 Castleton bus from Sheffield

Saturday 17th September – Moss Valley. Meet Bridge Inn pub, Ford (Main Road, Ridgeway) 252 bus from Sheffield

Saturday 15th October – Grenoside woods. Meet outside Old Red Lion pub crossroads in village with A61 Sheffield 66 bus from Sheffield

Saturday 12th November – Rivelin Wander. Meet bus stop on Manchester Road where it meets Rivelin Valley Road 51a, 242 buses from Sheffield

Saturday 10th December – Upper Don Valley. Meet outside Hillsborough Primary school, Catch Bar Lane, buses from Sheffield to Hillsborough

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/family-walks-in-sheffield/feed/ 0 If you go down to the woods today… http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:19:38 +0000 rachel.jenkins http://www.getwalking.org/?p=5416 According to the forestry commission 13% of British land is made up of Woodland areas. This statistic also includes smaller and urban wooded areas in towns and cities across Great Britain.

These woodlands make the perfect setting for a short walk, whether you live in the city, town or the countryside so why not explore areas near you? You can take part in wildlife spotting, find activities for children, take a picnic or just enjoy the peaceful setting and unwind.

The Visit Woods website is a great source of information if you are planning to take a walk in the woods. You can search for woodland near you, wildlife resources, activities for children and much more.

 

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/manchester-blog/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today/feed/ 0 Crabtree Ponds Family Activity Walk – Thursday 27th October http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/crabtree-ponds-family-activity-walk/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/crabtree-ponds-family-activity-walk/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:43:19 +0000 ruth.thomas http://www.getwalking.org/?p=5275 Come and find out how walking is: fun, healthy, safe, green and an adventure! Meet at the Crescent Community Centre, Firshill Crescent at 12 noon on Thursday 27th October
After getting your free step counters and walking log book at the centre, we will go for a guided walk through Little Roe Woods and then down to Crabtree Ponds to join Sheffield Wildlife Trust for their Willow Fish & Twizzling Eels Craft Activity.
Those that wish can walk back up to the Community centre with us afterwards. NB. The walk involves steps and is not pushchair accessible
All Welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult at all times
Some free refreshments, but bring your own packed lunch! Free stepcounters! Other free Get Walking goodies!
For more information call Ruth on 07979693095 or 0114 2053954

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/crabtree-ponds-family-activity-walk/feed/ 0 Get Walking in Sheffield for the 2012 Games! http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/get-walking-in-sheffield-for-the-2012-games/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/get-walking-in-sheffield-for-the-2012-games/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:25:31 +0000 rachel.jenkins http://www.getwalking.org/?p=5129 Get Walking Keep Walking Sheffield are taking part in the Olympic-inspired ”By Any Means” event on the 23rd July and are looking for people to join their team.

The event, which is part of the London 2012 Open Weekend in Sheffield, will see community groups from across the city take part in a lap of a custom built race track in Tudor Square.

The Get Walking Keep Walking team will be joining in with other community groups, dance groups, knitters, bands, people in fancy dress – in fact any kind of group – to do their bit towards reaching a whopping 297 km distance (the distance between Tudor Square and the site of the Olympic Stadium).

Get Walking Keep Walking are walking the track whilst one of it’s volunteers and his band (Peter Gilbert) play live the Get Walking Song.  Peter and his band will be singing the song whilst the team walks round the track (you can join in too!) and it will be a fantastic atmosphere on the day.

The team will start the walk at 2pm but the full event runs from 10am – 6pm and promises to be great fun.

Please come an join us for this event organised by the Council – aswell as the spectacle of all the different groups making their way around the track Tudour Square will be full of artists, dance and arts worskhops including Brazilian Capoeria and Carnival Skills.

The whole journey of the track will be documentated with time-lapse photography and made into an animated film!Come and join Get Walking Keep Walking and make Sheffield a part of the build up and history of the 2012 Olympics!

For more details and to pledge your attendance please contact Helen Judge on 0114 2053954.

]]> http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/get-walking-in-sheffield-for-the-2012-games/feed/ 0 Sing along and Get Walking! http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/sing-along-and-get-walking/ http://www.getwalking.org/blog/sheffield-blog/sing-along-and-get-walking/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:57:55 +0000 ruth.thomas http://www.getwalking.org/?p=5009 Want to know about the benefits of walking – then find out the fun way by listening to our Get Walking song! Just click here to listen: Get Walking Song

Peter Gilbert explains how he came up with the idea, “I was doing some work in The Get Walking Keep Walking office and got into a conversation about publicity and raising awareness. I immediately thought that maybe a song would help in some way to gain media exposure and so I set to work trying to put something together. I wanted to create something that was musically energetic combined with words that expressed the aims of GWKW. I came up with something and recorded it on my little home recorder. I sent a copy to the GWKW office and to my delight they liked it and thought it was just what they were looking for.

The next task was to enlist the help of some musicians and singers and gain access to a recording studio. This I was able to do thanks to the enthusiasm and co-operation of a variety of people in and around Sheffield. Then we set about rehearsing and recording the song which after various sessions was completed by the end of July 2010. The final result is I hope something that you can sing along with, feel energised by and be encouraged to lead a happy healthy and active lifestyle.

Get Walking Keep Walking Peter Gilbert (2010)
Get walking, keep walking, Let’s put a little bit of thought in
To how we’re living,
The life we’re given, today (Hey! What do you say?)

Get walking, keep walking
It’s free; make friends, do some talking
You won’t regret
A single footstep you take

Chorus 1: Get walking, Keep walking. Get walking , Keep walking my way

Bridge Don’t put it off till tomorrow
Let’s get it on today
Lead from the front or just follow
And you will find, your body and mind will say
‘Hey I needed that!’

Get walking keep walking
Be happy, healthy out there exploring
Just thirty minutes
Works wonders you’ll see

Chorus 2: Get walking,Keep walking. And you will find your body and mind will say ‘Hey I needed that!’

Get walking, keep walking
Let’s put a little bit of thought in
To how we’re living,
The life we’re given, today (Hey! What do you say?)

Chorus 3: Get walking, Keep walking

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