After eight years and hundreds of walkers, my B&B guest book is finally full.
It’s more than pages of names — it’s a collection of laughter, kindness, unexpected friendships, and muddy-booted stories from the Offa’s Dyke path and beyond.

From sending my very first guest the wrong way out of Hay-on-Wye (and sprinting to fix it), to hosting walkers in their 80s still chasing horizons — this book holds it all.

Here’s a little reflection on what it means to open your door to strangers… and find yourself richer for it.

From pain to power, and one long walk that changed everything…
In this personal reflection, Ali—owner of The Walking Hub and founder of The Barefoot Shoe Box—shares how a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis led her to challenge conventional wisdom, walk 600 miles, and discover the life-changing benefits of barefoot shoes. It's a journey of resilience, movement, and creating a business rooted in purpose.

Nordic Walking Drills Can you imagine how it would be walking with four legs instead of two? Your front two striding out while your back legs propel you forwards. So much more efficient. Although being bipedal has its advantages too, or at least our early hominid ancestors must have thought so when they began to stand up a few million years ago. Scientists hypothesise that it’s actually more energy efficient...

Welcome to my blog.  With so many things to write about, where do I start?...What am I most passionate about?... Easy - feet! Feet are our foundation. Yet what do we know about them and what kind of attention do we give to our feet? Our feet are amazingly complex structures containing 26 bones, 33 joints and a complicated network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and proprioceptors that communicate with...

In my last blog "Shoespiracy" I suggested we should all reevaluate what we are wearing on our feet.  Our feet have evolved over 4 million years into amazing structures.  And while we now know we don't need shoes to make them any more perfect its not really appropriate, or safe, to walk around in our modern world bare foot. So, in this blog, I'm going to introduce you to minimalist...