New year challenges via Slow Way

Looking for a walking challenge for 2023? You’ve come to the right place! Whether a weekly stroll, or a multi-day hike, we have ideas!

Eating your own dog food on the Slow Ways

Darren is beaten by Moretonhamstead to Exeter, but what better way to test the goods?

Blisters: too much information

All the blister questions answered: what are they, how to get rid of them, wtf are all those different plasters for, and most of all – to pop or not?

Darren’s top tips for walking

Here are a few things I've learned the hard way, after walking 300km this past year

The best books, podcasts and online groups for building outdoor confidence

Adventure podcaster Zoe Langley-Wathen tries to remember her favourite inspiring resources for midlife women who need a little boost

Six tips for walking on the Broads

Big skies, mystical marshes, winding waterways, and a ton of wildlife: the wondrous, expansive landscapes of Norfolk and Suffolk are a joy – and a challenge

Top tips for a midlife of adventure

Award-winning midlife-adventure podcaster Zoe Langley-Wathen tells us about changing her life with solo walks, and how to walk 3412 miles on a 35-mile stretch of canal

Slow Ways for geography teachers

Calling all secondary geography teachers! Slow Ways is a giant citizen geography project to create a national network of walking routes. Find out how you and your school can get involved.