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Home to home

Steve and Sandra walked from their home in Bucks to their former homes in the West Midlands using Slow Ways, to raise money for the ultra-rare xeroderma pigmentosum

Walking in darkness to escape pain

Award-winning nature writer Anita Sethi walks along the Manchester Ship Canal at dawn and after dusk, the birds, dark water, bright artworks and busy history all helping her live through pain and shock

The perfect gift

If you have a depressed person in your life and aren't sure how to best spend time with them or offer them support or solace, a walk might be just the right thing

Tales from a Slow Way: opportunities for creative storytellers (paid)

Are you a creative or a group? Do you have a community story you’d like to bring to life and share with the world? We’d love to support you!

Walking for River: a journey from Ipswich to Bristol

Three years on from the premature birth of her grandson River, Annie walks the route of his air ambulance, navigating with old maps from charity shops

A walk with Dima

As part of Refugee Week, Saira joined Dima Aktaa, an amputee, runner and aspiring interior designer, on a Slow Ways journey from her home in Flitwick to Amthill

Join the next Slow Ways National Swarm / Ymunwch â’n Penwythnos Prysur Cenedlaethol

Up for an adventure with purpose? Join our next National Slow Ways Swarm!

Six pioneers and their shears

Slow Ways is honoured to have a bunch of supervolunteers – solo walkers who are putting enormous time and energy into reviewing routes. They meet up for a walk every so often so I joined them in the Midlands, on the overgrown Longbridge to Halesowen route