Week commencing 16th December 2019

Nordic Walks week commencing
16th December, 2019

I’m back from my fab holiday in Canada where it was a winter wonderland and truly magical as you can see from my photo’s.  Cross Country skiing was awesome and definitely the Nordic Walking Technique was a huge advantage and helped tremendously.  It had been 16 years since I last cross country skied and I forgot what a wonderful activity it is, even when falling over!  Using the upper body so much and double poling on ski’s was great and definitely a full body workout.  I ached all over for the next few days!  It made me want to put together a couple of Cross Country skiing holidays for the future.  I know a few of you have mentioned this to me in the past so we’ll make it happen but probably not until early 2021.

Despite the rainy weather on Saturday morning, so many of you showed up for your Nordic class which was so great to see!   Returning from my holiday and seeing such a great turnout in the rain was fantastic.  Thanks for making that extra effort when it would have been so easy to have stayed at home.   Your commitment to your health and fitness will pay dividends!   

This is why we are not taking any breaks over the Christmas/New year holidays, we want you to keep up the great work you are doing in your fitness journey and this is especially important over the holidays where we all indulge a bit more!  It also keeps up your regular routine of exercise which can be hard to get back into after a break.  We have a Pop up walk in Woburn in the midst of the holidays and this will be our favourite 3 miler with a nice cuppa afterwards. 

OUR HOLIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY 21st December, 10am – Ampthill, West car park – FESTIVE WALK
MONDAY 23rd December, 10am – Cranfield Village Hall – Cranfield
TUESDAY 24th December – Ampthill, West car park – Usual class schedule 
Pop Up FRIDAY 27th December, 11am – Public car park – WOBURN 
SATURDAY 28th December – West car park  Ampthill
MONDAY 30th December, 10am – Cranfield Village Hall – Cranfield
TUESDAY 31st December – NEW YEARS EVE WALKS – West car park, Ampthill – Usual class schedule

THANK YOU PAUL, DENISE & GORDON FOR COVERING THE CLASSES WHILE I’VE BEEN AWAY.  WITHOUT YOU, THE WALKS JUST WOULDN’T GO AHEAD SO A MASSIVE THANK YOU!   ALSO TO CARON FOR BEING A SUPER HELPER! 

PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE WWW.WALK2FITNESS.CO.UK BEFORE YOU GO ON A WALK FOR ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION ON CHANGES OR CANCELLATIONS.  THANKS.

This Saturday we are having our Festive walks!   We’re splitting the walks into two and having the Striders and Mod 1’s walk together and then the Mod 2’s and 3’s and the faster Gentle walkers in the second group.  The walks are the same as your usual walks though the Striders will be a tad slower as will the Mod 2’s.  Wear your festive outfits, hats and jumpers for this fun walk with a warming social at the end at the Hub cafe afterwards.  There will be Hot Chocolate, mulled wine and yummy treats for all.   The walks are open to your family and friends too who can join in the fun and they can walk for free though a donation would be appreciated for our collection, which this year is for Dogs Trust.   Dogs are also welcome as long as they are on a lead.  Woohoo! 
This week we also have our Walk2Fitness Christmas Dinners and lunch!   For our Cranfield Christmas dinner on the 18th, can all those attending have their dinner money ready so we can pay easily at the end of the evening.  Bringing cash for this will help tremendously.  Thanks everyone.  Also for the Cranfield Bunch, a small wrapped pressie of no more than £5 would be great for our present game!  Can I thank Bob (Old Goat Strider Bob) and Denise for helping me so much with organising the Christmas socials this year.  It saved me alot of time and meant I didn’t have to worry whilst on holiday.  Thanks guys. 

Christmas Dinner dates & times are as follows: 

Tuesday 17th December, 6:45pm – Cranfield Bunch at Oso’s
Wednesday 18th December, 7:30pm – Striders Dinner at Fratelli’s
Thursday 19th December, 12:45pm – Lunch at Chequers, Westoning.