A year on from when they first met through Slow Ways, strangers-turn-friends, Saira and Samin go on a hike together in Sussex

When Community Stories Lead, Saira, walked her first route she found herself hooked by hidden paths that fed her curiosity for stories, people and places

Muslim Hikers team leader, the North Face Ambassador, influencer and adventurer, Zahra Rose, shares her journey growing up in a lonely fisherman's town and her lifelong curiosity for all things wild...

Antony Butcher has lived in Edgware, London, for years, but walking home along the seven-pointed star of Slow Ways widened his sense of belonging

Lizzie Philps carries her baby 50 miles to her mother’s house, partly as pilgrimage in atonement for her teenage sins, partly as protest march against the sanctity of motherhood, but mostly because she couldn’t bear to go to Tumble Tots

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

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

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