Walking Corby August 11th, 2009
I’m out of shape and my doctors told me I really need to take up walking. So, when I read in my local newspaper that in the town next to me, Corby, that there will be a 3 day Walking Festival starting tomorrow, I called my doctor and asked if she thought I was physically capable to participate in the walk, my Doctor was so delighted and told me to not push it, and I’ll be able to do all 3 days. She even told me that I might just bump into her on the walk because she too will be not only a participant, but one of the Doctor’s on call at the Festival.
I called up one of the Corby Hotels to see if they had a room available for the weekend, and they did. I packed all of what I had that I thought would be suitable for a 3 day walk and headed off to Corby. When I arrived, the town was all busy with gearing up for the event. I picked up a local newspaper which had an article about tomorrows Walk Festival. The Mayor of Corby, Cllr Peter McEwan and Phil Hope MP officially will open the brand new 34 mile circular route called the ‘Around Corby’. The starting leg will be 16 miles! I hope I’m up for the task. The most I’ve ever walked a was 2 miles. But, if my Doctor says I’m up for the challenge, then I guess I’m up for the challenge.
I read on and found out that the new route is was created by a local avid rambler. It will cover some beautiful countryside withing Corby and then the surrounding villages, including Gretton, Rockingham and Stanion. The ‘Around Corby’ does offer shorter walks which will be lead by other guides. The shorter walks sound more reasonable to me, so I think I’ll participate in those first. The walks are all aimed to get the community up off there butts and get in shape. There’s something planned for all age groups and for all out of shape and in shape people. This really sounds like it will be a lot of fun. What a better way to start getting in shape then to walk my way to it.
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