1st DECEMBER 2024


AFTER A WEEK OF RAIN, STORMS AND CANCELLATIONS IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL AT CARDINHAM, LOSTWITHIEL AND CARNE THIS WEEK - A FIRST FOR THE MONDAY CLUB WHERE GRAHAM LED A MONDAY ROUTE WITH HALF - AND THOSW WHO WANTED TO DO EXTRA COMPLETED A 6 MILER - A DISTANCE WHICH THE MPNDAY CLUB HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE AT MELDON - THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING DONE SOMETIMES ON A SUNDAY WHEN THE ROUTE 'LENDS' ITSLEF TO OTHER DOING A SHORTER DISTANCE



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17 NOV 24

A NEW TRAIL BUT DARE I SAY IT WE HAVE REMAINED DRY FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS LES IN PLACES WHERE WE CAN'T WHEN THE HOLIDAY MAKERS ARE HERE! SANDRA LED A GR8 NORDIC WALK FORM CARLYON BAY ON YET ANOTHER NEW ROUTE FOR THE POLERS - THE WEATHER IS NOW GETTING COOLER, BUT DARE I SAY IT WE HAVE REMAINED DRY FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS - IT'S A RETURN TO ROCK FOR THE SUNDAY CLUB - FIRST TIME IN A WHILE….

AND NOW THE UPDATE!!! 23 NOVEMBER - THE WEATHER HAS FORCED S TO CANCEL 2 WEEKLY NORDIC WALKS AND THIS SUNDAY IS LOOKING DICEY AT THE MOMENT - OH DEAR!!!! LAST SUNDAY WAS PUR LAST OUTING AND IT WAS AN EPIC OUT FROM ROCK - FORST TIME THIS TRAIL COMPLETED IN OVER 2 YEARS!!!!



NOVEMBER 10 - 2024

MONDAY CLUB KICKED OFF THE WEEK AT A COOL MINIONS - SPOTTED A CORNISH DONKEY - FOUND SOME EXTRA SMELLY MUD AND AWEFUL COFFEE!! - THEN AFTER LERRYNS DARK SIDE IT WAS ONCE AGAIN A COFFE TIME NEXT TO THE RIVER - WELL IT WAS ONLY ONE HILL ON THIS TRAIL SO IT WOULD BE SILLY NOT TO! - FINALLY A SUNDAY THURSDAY OUR FORM LANTIC BAY AND LOOPING THROUGH POLRUAN - ENDING WITH A COFFEE AT THE FARM SHOP IN DOBWALLS TO FINISH ANOTHER CRACKING WEEK OF NORDIC WALKING
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3 NOVEMBER 2024

GRAHAM TOOK A LARGE GROUP ON MONDAY - SETTING OFF FROM LANHYDROCK THE ROUTE WAS AROUND CALSTOCK AND THE MARSHES - ALL BACK IN TIME FOR COFFEE IN THE CAFE - THE SPOOKY NORDIC WALK THIS YEAR WAS MOUNT EDGECUMBE - ENDING IN THE ORANGERY FOR FISH AND CHIPS AND OTHER FOOD - ONE OF OUR REGULAR PLACES WHEN WE END WITH A MEAL AS THEY REALLY LOOK AFTER US ALL. SUNDAY WAS A NEW TRAIL ON THE APPROACH TO COTEHELE FORM ST DOMINIC - ANOTHER ETENDED ROUTE FORM 8- 10 MILES


27 OCTOBER 2024

TWO TRAILS THIS WEEK WHICH ARE QUICKLY BECOMING TWO OF OUR 'CLASSICS' LERRYN ON MONDAY AND THE GROUP RETURNED DOING THEIR FIRST 'TORTOISE AND HARE' AVERAGING 6 - 8 MINS FASTER ON THE RETURN LEG MEANT THE COFFEE TASTED BETTER!! SANDRA SIBLY - THE GROUP WERE OFF UP TO BODMIN MOOR - VIA TRAGARICK TOR THE CLOSING IN WEATHER DIDN'T DETRACT FROM OR COOL DOWN THE POLES!!
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20 OCTOBER 24

A return to Siblyback for the Monday club - these days though setting off from Goliath Falls - keeping to a dry ish trail after heavy rain and stopping at the Lake for a coffee before returning made it a gr8 Nordic Walk and Talk! - Thursday was a 'cosy group back at Rock after the summer, Parking is now easy and very few people are about - it was a trail of mud, slurry, dodgy bridges and stiles and an electric fence!! Another fantastic trail returning via the beach and avoiding the over eager patrol on the golf course! - Where did she come from?? - The Sunday trail form Tavistock to Dartmoor via Grenofen was cancelled due to high winds and rain - BUT it is returning next Weeknd where Gary will be the Leader


13th October 2024

All 3 nordic walks the past week have either been new trails or extended trails - the weather has either been very, very wet or dry - The nordic walking groups have either been very happy or very happy!!! Another fantastic week with Doublebois Polers - gr8 people, gr8 trails and gr8 fun - as the summer season comes to and end we look forward to the Autumn trails, tracks and ore gr8 fun!!!
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5 OCTOBER 2024

SEPTEMBER WAS BROUGHT TO A CLOSE MONDAY WITH A FANTASTIC NORDIC WALK BY THE MONDAY CLUB AND IT WAS GR8 TO BE BACK IN ROCK NOW THE HOLDAY MAKERS HAVE GONE AND GIVEN US BACK THE CAR PARKS! ………. WITH FANTASTIC WEATHER WE COULDN'T HAVE TIMED THE SHARP TOR TRAIL ANY BETTER ON THURSDAY - GR8 VIEWS COUPLED WITH A LOT OF ACHIEVERS MADE FOR A MEMORABLE DAY———
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29 SEP 24

THE WEATHER HAS SLOWLY WOUND DOWN THIS WEEK - AT THE END OF COTEHELE THE GROUP JUST MISSED STAIR ROD RAIN - THURSDAY GOT THE RAIN AT THE START AND ONCE ALL SOAKED - THE SUNSHINE CAME OUT! SUNDAY CLUB DIDN'T HAVE RAIN……..THEY HAD HAIL AND HIGH WINDS…..ALL IN ALL ANOTHER WEEK OF ADVENTURE WITH THE POLES!!….

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22 SEPT 24

A WEEK OF BLUE SKY TO MIZZLE AND FOG - WE ALSO FOUND MUD TO KEEP ALL OF THIS WEEKS WALKS 'INTERESTING!' - WAS THIS OUR AST BLAST OF SUMMER? IF SO WE WILL KEEP GLOWING AND KEEP SHOWING THAT NORDIC WALKING IS MUCH MORE THAN EXERCISE - MUCH MORE THAN ANY OTHER FITNESS SESSION!!!
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15 SEP 24

THE COSIEST SUNDAY GROUP FOR A WHILE DIDN'T STOP THE TRAIL BEING HOT FOR A TREK OUT OF LITTLE PETHERICK CREEK AND THE COASTAL PATH VIA PADSTOW - 37 WEEKS SINCE WE LAST VISITED ON A SUNDAY! OH AND IT IS NOW CALLED THE 'PINNOCHIO 16 MILER'
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13 SEP 24
It was a first trail nordic walk for the Thursday club on Alans Tideford - a fantastic local trail with the 'secret' Pisky Village - blue sky - gr8 group (as always) - we even had Shaun with his sheep family watching! -
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9 SEP 24

Sunday we returned to a new favorite trail - Prussia Cove to Marion and St Michaels mount - it may have been grey sky but the 10 mile coastal path route has fantastic views all of the way - it's why we come back on the same route (for now) - Monday polers were led by Graham form Trevallicks farm shop it was a 3.7 mile trail in and around minions AND it was a blue sky day
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6 SEP 24

We got the weather just right on Thursday at Polkerris - listening to the forecast it was weather for ducks - however it was a fantastic 7 miler trail loop - the first time back at Polkerris for 30 weeks!! The sunday club are back at a favorite spot this weekend as we head off from Prussia cove to St Michaels Mount - AND it's never ending with grahams Trevallicks on Monday - more info and pics to come…!! Nordic walks up to the end of year are now planned - tables all booked including our Xmas 'Sparkly frocks' evening - Nordic walking is fitness sociable exercise for everyone
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THE ZOOM GYM OPENED IT'S DOORS 1 SEP - THE LINK BELOW TAKES YOU TO THE GYMCATCH PASS PAGE TO JOIN - MORE SESSIONS BEING ADDED EACH WEEK - BUILD YOUR OWN'JIGSAW' SESSION BY ADDING 15 MIN WORKOUTS TOGETHER OR GO STRAIGHT FOR THE 30 - 40 MINS
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3 SEP 24

IT'S BEEN ANOTHER WEEK OF GR8 NORDI WALKS AND GR8 WEATHER - 5 NORDIC WALKERS (B@W) ON THE BEACH AT PADSTOW - THIS WAS A NEW TRAIL FOR SOME = BEDRUTHEN SUNDAY WAS THE FORST TME THE SUNDAY CLUB HAD NORDIC WALKED THERE AND AT CARDINHAM - NON OF THE FGROUP HAD NORDIC WALKED THE TRAIL WE USED - A WEEK OF FIRSTS IN ALL GROUPS!! -
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27 Aug 24

The week kicked off with a fantastic nordic walk - weather Bank holiday - avoiding those extra people out and about it was a sort at Maker - around the coastal path - gr8 hill climb and stretching - once again with our prt of the world starting to get quieter it's Padstow Thursday
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LOOKING AHEAD WITH OUR SOCIAL CALENDAR

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23 AUG 24

AS WE CLOSE OUR DOORS WITH db FIT CLUB - WE OPEN OUR NEW TO THE LESU ZOOM GYM - ONLINE - YOUR TIME - ANYWHERE - CLICK AND GO - SELECT ONE OF YOR FAVORITES OR ONE OF THE NEW SESSIONS THAT WILL BE ADDED MONTHLY - A ONE OFF MONTHLY PAYMENT AND AS MANY SESSIONS AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT……….CLICK THE LINKS ……R U READY??????
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22nd AUG 24

Sunday at Readymoney cove on the trail past the Gribbin and on to Polkerris before the turn around was a gr8 nordic walk for the Sunday club - Onto Lanhydrock with a gr8 Monday nordic walk - finishing Thursday with Crantock and the spectacular North coast - 3 brilliant trails - fantastic groups ad the weekly nordic walking bar gets raised higher!!
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15 AUG 24

THICK COASTAL FOG IN PLACES DIDN'T DETRACT FOM A FANTASTIC NORDIC WALK OUT FROM LANSALLOS - WHERE SMUGGLERS ONCE OPERATED NORDIC WALKERS NOW PLANT POLES - THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW COFFE VAN OPPOSITE THE CAMPSITE WHEN WE RETURNED WAS JUST THE TICKET AND ONCE THE ROOF IS COMPLETE YOU N ALSO SIT AND STAY DRY

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12 AUG 24

A BIG GROUP WAS LED BY GRAHAM AT LERRYN UNDER HOT SUN BUT WELL PROTECTED UNDER THE TREES IN THE FOREST - SUNDAY GROUP BACK AT THE HIGH POINTS OF DARTMOOR NORDIC WALKING OUT OF LYDFORD - MIST ON THE TORS - HIGH WINDS AT WIDGERY CROSS - BIG SMILES EVERYONES FACES!!



8th AUG 24

THURSDAY CLUBS SPIRITS ARE NEVER DAMPENED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE TORTOISE AND HARE FROM SPIT POINT (PAR) TO CHARLESTOWN AND RETURN - LED BY SANDRA IT WAS ANOTHER GR8 TRAIL TO NORDIC WALK - CHECK OUT THOSE CRAZY SMILING FIT NORDIC WALKERS!!!
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6 AUG 24

A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR SANDRA AND TUG AS THEY PUT THE STRIDE CORNWALL KIDS THROUGH THEIR PACES - ALL ARE NOW OFFICIAL LEMON SQUASHERS AND MEMBER OF NWUK - TEAMWORK, FOCUS, AND HUMOR ALL MADE FOR A FANTASTIC AND ENJOYABLE DAY - WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!



8 AUG 24

VERY, VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THE 2 PICS BELOW ARE ONLY A DAY APART!!! GARYS ST AGNES ON THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH COAST LOOKING ITS BEST AND THE MONDAY CLUB ON CARRADON HILL NOT EVEN ABLE TO SEE THE MAST!! WELL IT'S WHU WE LIVE IN CORNWALL AFTER ALL


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3/8/24

WELL IT'S THE DAY BEFORE GARYS ST AGNES WHICH IS A FANTASTIC NORDIC WALK AND ALREADY WE HAVE 2 FANTASTIC TRAILS IN TH EBAG FOR THIS WEEK - GRENOFEN ON MONDAY WHICH IS PROBABLY OUR MOST PICTUREQUE TRAIL IN LAND AND THEN POLRUAN THURSDAY WHERE WE HAD A COOL SEA BREEZE TO START AND THEN WE WERE IN THE WOODS WHEN THE SUN TURNED THE HEAT UP - IT'S ALL JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER BECAUSE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR NORDIC WALKING GROUPS
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28/JULY

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OUR ON LINE FITNESS FAMILY WOULD STILL BE GOING AFTER 41/2 YEARS? TODAY WE ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS AT THE END OF AUGUST - IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC RUN OF CLASSES ORIGINALLY SET UP FOR LOCKDOWNS - ON LINE PT, GYM PT AND NORDIC WALKING ALL REMAIN THE SAME…



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28 JULY
IT WAS THE 'TRIO' AT LERRYN (THURSDAY)- AND A FIRST WITH THE HIGH TIDE AT ST WINNOW THE TRAIL WAS UNDER WATER - WHICH MENAT FOR A RETURN AND A LONGER NORDIC WALK THAN PLANNED….ALL WORKED OUT FOR THE BEST THEN!? - THE MONDAY CLUB WAS ALL BLACK AND WHITE ON BODMIN - WE TRIED OUR BEST AND EVENTUALLY FOUND SOME SWAMPY MARSH TO CROSS - A FANTASTIC WEEK FOR THE NORDIC WALKING

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22nd JULY 2024

GR8 WEATHER FOR BOTH OF OUR NORDIC WALKS THIS WEEK - READYMONEY TO GRIBBIN LED BY SANDRA ON THURSDAY - BLUE SKY, HOT SUN, HOT PACE! SUNDAY WAS ANOTHER EPIC! THE 3 HIGHEST POINTS ON DARTMOOR ALL VISITED, TRAIL, TRACK, ROCKS AND BOG, HOT SUN AT RESERVOIR LEVEL AND COLD HANDS ON YES TOR, 2175ft TOTAL ELEVATION
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19th JULY 2024 - AT TIMES THIS WEEK THE WEATHER HAS BEEN BLISTERING - AS WELL AS THE PACE OF THE NORDIC WALKERS! AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SUNDAYS MELDON - IT WAS A RETURN BACK TO LOOE FOR THE SUNDAY POLERS TIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2 YEARS - ONE OF THE TRAILS WE USED TO DO QUITE A LOT AT ONE POINT SO IT WAS AS IF WE HADN'T BEEN AWAY OR WANTED TO LEAVE THE COFFE SHOP AT HANAFORTH!!!!
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12/7/24

A VERY WET WEEK IN CORNWALL BUT NOT COLD SO WE DRY OUT AT A FASTER PACE!! AFTER SPREADING OUR WINGS FOR A FEW WEEKS IT'S BEEN BACK LOCAL THE PAST WEEK AT CARDINHAM WOODS AND LOOE - WE ALSO REALISED IT HAD BEEN TOO LONG WITH THE SUNDAY GROUP NOT GOING TO CARDINHAM FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A 3 YEAR GAP FOR LOOE - WE HAVE SOOOO MANY TRAILS NOW WE CANT GET TP THEM ALL OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD…!!

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4/JULY 24

ON THE TRAIL OF THE GRUFFALO AT CARDINHAM WOODS WITH THE THURSDAY CLUB - HARDLY ANY MUD, JAN ARRIVED AND THEN LEFT WITH VERY CLEAN TRAINERS!!!
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1 JULY 2024

SIBLYBACK STROLLERS MONDAY CLUB RETURNED TO THE SAME - IT WAS A FANTASTIC ENDORSEMENT OF HOW FAR EVERYONES FITNESS HAS IMPROVED OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD - IT WAS ALSO GRAHAMS FORS SESSION DRIVING SINCE QUALIFYING AS A NORDIC WALKING LEADER - AND WE WELCOMED A NEW MEMBER TO THE FAMILY - ANOTHER SANDRA!!



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HERE WE GO WITH OUR JULY NORDIC WALKING PLAN AND ALSO THE 'HEADS UP' TO THE 3 MONTHLY PLAN - THIS CAN CHANGE FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND IS THERE FOR A GUIDE SO WE KNOW ANY FUTURE PLANS - ALSO IF THE NORDIC WALKERS WISH TO CHOOSE A CERTAIN AREA THEY CAN EASILY DO SO AND IT WILL CHANGE

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30//6/24

THE WEEK GOT OFF TO A FANTASTIC START WITH THE MONDAY POLERS AT MELDON RESERVOIR - A NEW ROUTE FOR EVERYONE - A NEW ROUTE FOR ALL CLUBS - RETURNING ALONG THE GRANITE WAY WHICH USED TO BE THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY LINE TO THE SW. LERRYN THE DARK SIDE AFTER A LONG TIME AWAY AND SUNDAY AT THE ORANGERY AFTER A GR8 NW AROUND FORM EDGCUMBE TO CAWSAND

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MONDAY AT MELDON

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LERRYN - THE DARK SIDE

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EDGCUMBE AND THE HIDDEN CORNER OF CORNWALL

23/6/24

ANOTHER NEW ROUTE FROM EDGCUMBE, RATHER TESTING AS NOW WE HAVE THE HEATHER ON THE CLIMBS WHICH HAS GROWN AND COVERE PATHS, MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING TIME!! THEN FOR THE SUNDAT CLUB IT WAS A FIRST TO 'CUT THROUGH SIBLYBACK LAKE AREA AND THEN ONTO TRAGGARICK TOR ON BODMIN MOOR - THEN THE NORDIC WALKERS MET AT TINA AND GRAHAMS FOR A BLESSING FOR THEIR WEDDING - A VERY DIFFERENT WEEK, BUT AS ALWAYS A VERY INTERESTING WEEK
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18/6/24

WITH BLUE SKIES AND A LOT OF db POLERS - HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE NORDIC WALKING? 2 MORE NEW TRAILS WITH GR8 WEATHER AND YEP AT LONG LAST THE LONG WINTER HAS BEEN WORTHWHILE, WE ALSO HAD OUR LARGEST NORDIC WALKING GROUP TO DATE WITH 18 IN OUR MONDAY CLUB, ALSO FANTASTIC TO SEE THOSE TURNING UP FOR A COFFEE WITH FRIENDS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE UNABLE TO WALK DUE TO INJURY/ILLNESS……FOR NORDIC WALKING READ FAMILY…….FOR FAMILY READ NORDIC WALKING……….

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COTEHELE

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LERRYN

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GRENOFEN

11/6/24

It's new trails this week with the Nordic Walking clubs - Lerryn to St Winnow and Grenofen - so how many trails do we now have? I haven't got the foggiest!!! On line Classe and PT continue, the p n p working well for those with work etc - all we need is for the cold north wind to stop and switch to the south westerly - now wouldn't that be nice?
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MARAZION AND ST MICHAELS MOUNT

4/624

Well June has got off to a sunny and warm start with 2 new routes for both the Sunday and Thursday club - with more holiday makers in Cornwall it's adjustment time to allow for parking - however that does not detract from the quality of our nordic walks - On line classes are trundling along, we have stared to slowly move away form spine focus and getting back to the pelvic floor, we have always worked around the body with focus on specific areas, time change form next Monday, we start at 0930 and NOT 10am - Enjoy the sun when you get it, and stay safe, stay fit, be happy!!
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GRENOFEN




31/5/24

IT WAS SPRINGING INTO SUMMER WITH A SPRING IN THE STEP WITH THE THURSDAY CLUB AT CAWSAND BAY - A FANTASTIC ROUTE TO RAME HEAD PENINSULA AND A RETURN ALONG THE SW COASTAL PATH TO LUNCH AT 'THE BAY' - IT WAS ALSO ANOTHER ADDITION TO OUR NORDIC WALKING FAMILY AS SAYMA BECAME A FULLY FLEDGED 'LEMON SQUASHER'

db POLERS DO FITNESS - DO FUN

DO 'MAKING MEMORIES!'

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28/2

A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND - A BIT WET! - BUT THE FIT FAMILY HAVE KEPT IT ALL GOING - ON LINE WAS AN 'EMOTIONAL' SESSION OF A TOTAL CIRCUIT - FROM 8 EXERCISES IN ONE SET FOR A SESSION TO NOW 3 SETS IN THE SAME TIME!! PROGRESSION!!!! A NEW TRAIL ROUTE ON DARTMOOR NORDIC WALKIN OUT OF LYDFORD THE SUNDAY POLERS - WE HAD ALL THE WEATHER EXCEPT FOR SNOW - WHO KNEW THERE WAS MORE THAN 4 SEASONS ON DARTMOOR! - BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY AND THE MONDAY CLUB TOOK ON THE CLIFF AT LANSALLOS BEACH WHEN EXITING TO THE SW COAST PATH - FORM SIBYBACK STROLLING TO ROCK CLIMBING!! - EVERYONE ACHEIVING - EVERYONE PROGRESSING!!! EVERYONE HAVING FUN !!
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23/5/24

ON LINE CLASSES THIS WEEK CONTINUE AS WE ADJUSTED THE SESSIONS TO HAVE MORE RESISTANCE - NORDIC WALKING WAS THE THURSDAY GROUP BACK AT MINIONS - A LOT OF 'OFF ROADING' WITH THE ROUTE SO IT WAS GR8 FOR 'MOST' OF THE TRAIL TO BE 'NIL MUD'




AS I UPDATE THIS PIC CAME IN FOR OUR TEAM DOING THE JURASSIC COAST CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND -

KEVIN - MARTIN - ALAN - SANDRA - IT'S A HUGE BEST OF LUCK TO THEM…..LOADS OF TXTS BEING SENT TO THEM VIA THE NORDIC WALKING GROUP WHATS APP WISHING THEM ALL OF THE BEST
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16 MAY 2024

IT WAS A NEW TRAIL WITH THE THURSDAY CLUB AS WE SET OFF FROM SIBLYBACK LAKE AND AROUNF BODMIN MOOR VIA TREGARRICK TOR - WITH BLUE SKY AND A WARM BREEZE IT SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME COMING SUMMER TIME NORDIC WALK - CAN WE MAKE IT 2 WEEKS IN A ROW???
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13/5/24
AND SO IT'S A DAY LATER AND I HAD TO CANCEL A NORDIC WALK FOR TODAY AND ALSO RE PLAN THE REST OF THE WEEK DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN! - OH WELL IT'S STILL NOT COLD!!!!
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12/5/24.
WITH THE WEATHER ON THE HOT UP AFTER THE CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A NEW SEASON OF FANTASTIC NORDIC WALKS - EVEN IF RAINING NOW - IT ISN'T COLD - IT ALSO MAKES FOR PLEASANT EDITING OF PICS AFTER THE NORDIC WALKS - ON LINE CLASSES REMAIN POPULAR AND AS THE WEATHER CHANGE SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE P N P - CAPABILITY FOR SESSIONS IS BEING WELL USED - LIGHTER, LATER NIGHTS AND FUN FITNESS MAKES 2024 START TO LAY SOLID FOUNDATIONS FOR AN EXCELLENT YEAR!!
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29/4/24 - THE WEEK GETS OFF TO A FLYER WITH THE MONDAY CLUB AND A NEW ROUTE AT CARDINHAM WOODS - 5K - 3.5 MILES - THE FOREST KEPT EVERYONE OUT OF THE WIND AND ALSO NOT AS WET AS THE CORNISH LIQUID SUNSHINE RETURNED - IT WAS JANS FIRST NORDIC WALK WITH THE GROUP AND NOW SHE HAS FLEDGED AND IS A LEMON SQUASHER - NEXT UP IS A TECHNIQUE SESSION ON THURSDAY, BACK TO OUR BASE IN DOUBLEBOIS - THE FIRST RETURN THIS YEAR…..




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28/4/24

As the end of April fast approaches it's been a busy week - Thursday polers went on yet another new route out of Rock and a return via Polzeath - with the tide being out it was beach walk for most of the return - Sunday club back at Tintagel - first time in 7 months, a gr8 view of the Cornish coast approaching Boscastle and then in land into the countryside - ONLINE FITNESS -the week completed with a TISWAS belt session and a stretches being form class requests - mud is now fast drying - classes are well attended when pnp is added - looking forward to the last few days of April and into May and sunnier times….
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22/4/24

It was almost perfect weather for nordic walking for the Sunday group when they visited The Dodman after 7 months away - the highest point of the coastal path on the south coast - although the wind was cooler with sprinkles of rain - the Monday club were off an another new route at Cornwalls 'Hidden Corner' - setting off from Maker and along the coastal path - the final hill was GR8 workout and showed the group are no ;anger Siblyback Strollers!!!!! Cardinham woods 5k will be tested by the Nord Trailers this Friday - before then the Thursday club will be at Rock and then the Upper deck for a table and a bite to eat - it's all go, go , go on line sessions stated with a circuit/pilates combo - we actually got an in and out session at the first time of asking! - The sun shine seems to have elevated everything- just hoping it's here to stay for a while…
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19/4/24

AT LAST!!! - We get weather that starts to cross the border into summer! - Lerryn had blue sky Monday - a gr8 nordic walk on the light side - Thursday and the wind direction changed anew had warmth at Cardinham after a frosty start - the blue sky makes all of the difference - so much so that the poles actually go faster!! Times have been quicker - smiles are always the same - but this week the teeth were glinting in the suns rays! - On line fitness means the weather can be enjoyed because the p n p ensures the sessions are always there - FINALLY with lighter, blue sky mornings we get more attending worm catchers, an 0730 perfect start to the day - next up is The Dodman- a return after 7 months to SW Cornwall

News on Nordic walking poles hopefully coming soon - watch this space……………..

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13/4/24

WHAT A WEEK! - AT LONG LAST WE HAVE THE WEATHER ON OUR SIDE AFTER A VERY WET, WINDY AND RATHER NIPPY SIBLYBACK LAKE ON MONDAY - TO A SPRING DAY NORDIC WALK SATURDAY.

Monday may have been adverse conditions, but the Nordic walkers turned up in force for what turned out to be our largest group to date - must have been the cabin fever! - Thursday was another new route and a first time at Meldon - whilst being in fog on the ridges, and although still a little 'swampy' in the valleys, the sun did shine and we missed any rain - the weeks weather has slowly improved and it was at it's best for a 'Barn Storming' nordic walk by the Saturday on a Sunday group in support of the fireman's charity - they smashed the pace and it was a fantastic achievement on a brilliant day! Also very strange that it was the first time a live tis was DIDN'T TAKE PLAVE IN 5 YEARS - PNP all the way for the on line fit family - all in all db fit family have had a gr8 week - looking forward to moving the bar - 'just a little higher'!


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10 APRIL 24
Just when you think it has been raining in biblical proportions we had to cancel nordic walk for safety reasons during the week - at long last we now have had showers, the mud is still here but the smiling faces of nordic walkers are back out and sessions are back to bar raising standards - our 17.5 miler is an epic, our Lanhydrock is a classic - over easter weekend the on line classes have continued to have high numbers with those unable to be live due to family commitments getting their fitness done with a p n p - watching the weather this week and possible nordic walk routes being changed……

4/4 - OUT IN DEVON FOR A DAY WITH A NORDIC WALK AT PROBABLY OUR MOST SCENIC INLAND TRAIL AT GRENOFEN - DUE TO EASTER IT WAS A COSY GROUP WHO PUSHED OUT THE PACE
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27/3/24

FROM A SUNNY SUNDAY AT ROCK AND A GR8 SUNDAY LUNCH AFTER A 9 MILER - THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS STINGING COLD RAIN TRACKS OF RIVERS - AND A LOW TEMP OF 3 DEGREES AT THE TOP OF CARRADON HILL - WEATHER EXTREEMS - BUT BOTH GROUPS HAD A GR8 TIME - THE WETHER NOT AFFECTING THE ENJOYMENT - DURING THE MONDAY WE ALL REALISED THAT WE WALKED THE VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN STUPIDITY AND DETERMINATION - BOTH FANTASTIC NORDIC WALKS AS WE BUILS UP TO THE EASTER WEEK WHICH I AM SURE WILL BE AS 'EGGSTREME' AT SOME POINT…!!
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24/4/24

AS WE HAVE NORDIC WALKERS AWAY OUR GROUPS HAVE BEEN MORE 'COSY' THE PAST FEW WEEKS, HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT STOPPED THE EXCELLENT WALKING - THE SUN MAY STILL BE HIDING BEHIND CLOUDS AND IT IS QUITE EASY TO FIND THE MUD!! LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ROCK LOOP THIS SUNDAY AND THE SUNDAY ROAST AT THE UPPED DECK BISTRO AFTERWARDS….YEHHH! (PICS OPPOSITE ARE FROM LITTLE PETHERICK CREEK)

20/3/24
Just for a change!! It was blue sky on the north rugged coast as the Sunday club took in a 9 miler out from St Agnes whist the Monday club kept the rain away - both days had temperatures higher than it has been recently - we have quite a few of our nordic walkers away - however all are maintaining their exercise and clocking top the miles - it's Little Petherick creek tomorrow (Thursday) for a swift 5 miler before———the temps are due to drop for the weekend!!!
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RAIN - RAIN AND MORE RAIN!!!! IN A WEEK OF NEVER ENDING PRECIPITATION IT'S BEEN ALL GOOD HUMOR AND HARD WORK WITH THE db FIT FAMILY AND NORDIC WALKERS - WE AWAIT THE SUNSHINE AND HUM 'MR BLUE SKY' - QUITE A FEW ARE AWAY AT VARIOUS TIMES ON BREAKS BEOFRE THE EASTER RUSH BUT GR8 TO SEE SOME IN CLASSES, THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ON LINE FITNESS, HAVE A DEVICE - HAVE A GYM…
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11 MARCH 2024 AND THE MONDAY CLUB KEEP GOING THE EXTRA HARD YARDS!! - UNDER A BLUE CORNISH SKY AND TO THE BEACH AND BEYOND - WE SOON FORGOT ABOUT THE MUD, STILES AND PUDDLES OF WATER
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March 10 and the Sunday club went to Meldon Reservoir - a new route for us over o Dartmoor - there is always a lot of anticipation when any of our clubs are out on a route for the first time, it's always god to have the wether or not your side, the terrain to work and the views, Meldon was not a disappointment in any way and it is a route that will be re visited by not only the Sunday club but also the Thursday group, various routes are now being planned

WEEKLY PROGRAMME - NORDIC WALKING - NordTrail

NordTrail is our own concept of maximizing the benefit of the poles and only those qualified with us are in the group - we also do nordic walking courses that include the NordTrail techniques
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8 MARCH 2024

AS ENGLISH WE ARE WELL KNOWN FOR TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER - IN CORNWALL IT CAN BE PARTICULARLY WET - HOWEVER THIS WEEK I CANCELLED A NORDIC WALK FOR THE VERY FORST TIME DUE TO THE RAIN OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS ON MONDAY - THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING AND THIS WAS IT - WE WILL BE RE SCHEDULING OUR DOUBLEBOIS DUN DAY WHEN SPRING HAS ACTUALLY SPRUNG! - THURSDAY HOWEVER WAS A FANTSTIC DAY - A 5 MILE NORDIC WALK AT EDGCUMBE FOLLOWED BY LUNCH AT THE ORANGERY - WE HAD A FEW OF THE MONDAY CLUB ALONG AND IT WAS A GR8 GROUP - TISWAS SATURDAY THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY E NEW ROUTE AT MELDON RESERVOIR ON SUNDAY - 9 MILES AND ALSO OING TO THE HIGHET POINT ON DARTMOOR - HIGH WITHEYS - HERE'S HOPING THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT…


3/3/24

WITH 8 REGULARS AWAY IT WAS KATHY AND ALAN WHO FLEW THE SUNDAY CLUBS FLAG - THEY HELD IT HIGH WITH AN 'EPIC' DAY IN AND AROUND CORNWALLS 'HIDDEN CORNER' - A 12 MILER UNDER BLUE SKY AND AT TIMES BRIGHT RED MUD! YEP THE MUD IS STILL THERE, OR ARE WE JUST REALLY GOOD AT FINDING IT?? LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEK AHEAD WITH BACK 2 THE MAT KICKING IT OFF TOMORROW FOLLOWED BY db POLERS MONDAY CLUB BACK IN DOUBLEBOIS - THURSDAY IS A NORDIC WALK AND MEAL AT THE ORANGERY - AND THE WEATHER? - WELL WE DONT CARE - IT DOESN'T STOP US HAVING FUN WHIST WE IMPROVE FITNESS!
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1/3/24

FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND IT WAS MINUS 2 WITH WIND CHILL FOR NORDTRAIL AT SIBLYBACK LAKE = 3.5 MILES IN 48 MINS WITH PACING AT 100/80 RATIO - TIMES IMPROVING WEEK ON WEEK, WAIT UNTIL SPRING HAS SPRUNG PROPERLY! - BLUE SKY PICS AND SNOW AT THE DAM


1/MARCH 2024

NEXT WEEKS PROGRAMME AND MARCH NORDIC WALKING - KEEPING IT ALL FRESH WTH EATING PLACES, NEW ROUTES AND EXERCISES CLASSES
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25/2/24

TORRENTIAL- HORIZONTAL RAIN AND HIGH WINDS ONLY ADDED TO THE FANTASTIC SUNDAY POLERS NORDIC WALK OUT FROM TAVISTOCK, ONTO DARTMOOR AND ALONG
. THE PICTURESQUE RIVER WALK AT GRENOFEN - A 13 MILER WITH THE ROUTE TO OURSELVES - LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT GRENOFEN NORDIC WALK WITH THE THURSDAY CLUB SOON

24/2/24
SATURDAY TISWAS WAS ANOTHER AWESOME SESSION AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING OUT WITH EVERYONE - REQUESTS DONE AND NEW MOVES - WE INCLUDED CHAIR PILATES, A SPINAL TEACH IN AS WELL AS OUR NORMAL STRETCH AND MOBALISATION SEGMENT - TISWAS…today is Saturday work and stretch….every week at 10

26/2/24
SMELLING THE COFEE AT LERRYN! - THE MONDAY POLERS CLUB ALWAYS SEEM TO ATRACT THE SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKY - TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION! A GR8 NORDIC WALK, WE DID FIND SOME SWAMP TO KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY
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23 FEBRUARY 2024

This week we have been planning ahead - monthly nordic walking and lunch afterwards now every month for each group -the Monday group have routes for Thursdays so they do not miss out on any of the social fun - Monday group nordic walk in the afternoon, so it's normally a coffee and cake afterwards - AND even farther ahead we are also currently planning our Xmas 2025 social evening with there also being a nordic walk 'betwixt' Xmas and new year……it's not even spring yet!!!!!

Next weeks on line fitness with db polers, weekly and 3 monthly nordic walking plan - yes we are busy - it's because the members are so good, so together, work hard, have fun and are a team
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NordTrail - every Friday we get out onto our circuit - this was the turn of Doublebois - home of db Powers Nordic Walking club - Distance was increased and we used 'Pacing' technique, This in turn led to the previous record being smashed


23 Feb 2024

An awesome group on an awesome day! With the weather being terrible the Thursday club battled through it to complete an arduous Nordic walk. Hail, driving rain, high winds and lots and lots of mud meant it was a character building route - everyone achieved
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19 Feb 24

The Monday club are pushing the boundaries and everyone is achieving more every week - originally the Siblyback Strollers, they now are expanding routes as fitness increases - this nordic walk at Padstow was a fantastic afternoon - we had blue sky and at long last not a hint of rain - beautiful Cornish beaches and countryside - and all topped off with a swamp to keep motivation high!! Gr8 group - gr8 fun - and coffee to complete

16th Feb and this is the route around Siblyback lake for the NORD TRAIL - we practiced 'pacing' 100 steps trail run - 100 nordic walking - it gave the fastest time so far over the route - NORD TRAIL is the combo - it os not just one or the other - pacing helps to give a gr8 balance especially when on a more flat route
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It was the 'Bart Simpson' route with the Sunday powers on a very wet and foggy Bodmin moor - a cracking new route which also took in the cheeswring, carradon hill and sharp tor - topped off with a gr8 full breakfast at Trevallicks farm shop!
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15/2/24
It's not the weather or terrain or even the views that make a gr8 nordic walk…..It's the people in the group - due to half term Thursdays club this week was more 'cosy' - weather was also 'Mizzly' but this did not detract from it being another gr8 nordic walk - stopping half way for a coffee at Charlestown (where did all of the people come from?) it was then a tortoise and hare return - a bit of nord trail was also thrown in!!
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12/FEB/24
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EPIC!! - THE 'OLD SCHOOL' SUNDAY POLERS COMPLETED A NORDIC WALK THAT WILL BE REMEBERED FOR A LONG TIME ON SUNDAY - THE CRANTOCK 12 BECAME THE CRANTOCK 14 - SAND, SEA, SEALS, RAINBOWS, A TAD OF RAIN, BLUE SKY ALL MIXED WITH LEMON SQUASHING TO PRODUCE A FUN, HARD WORKED NORDIC WALK - THEY EVEN CARVED OUT A NEW PATH FORM AN OLD BATTLING THROUGH 'BITING' OVERGROWN HEDGEROWS.

WE HAVE SPIT TORTOISE AND HARE - TREVALLICKS AND NORD TRAIL UP COMING - CANT WAIT….!!


IT'S BEEN APPROACHING FOR A WHILE - OUR BIGGEST NORDIC WALKING GROUP WAS TODAY WITH THE MONDAY CLUB AT MINIONS - ON A SPRING LIKE DAY (OUT OF THE BREEZE) 14 OF OUR NORDIC WALKERS HAD AN EXCELLENT AFTERNOON ENDING WITH THE CAFE SEATS OUTSIDE AS WE COUDN'T ALL GET IN - WE ALSO HAVE 3 MISSING FROM TODAY - IT'S NOT JUST THE FITNESS, THE ROUTES, THE SIGHTS - IT'S ALSO THE SOCIABLE ASPECT THAT KEEPS THE GROUP NOT ONLY GOING BUT EXPANDING - WHIST THEY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO SNEAK UP ON ANYONE AS THEY ARE CERTAINLY THE LOUDEST GROUP - IT IS ALSO LAUGHTER AND GR8 FUN BECAUSE THEY ALL MAKE IT THAT WAY - IT'S WHERE 'STRANGERS BECOME FRIENDS' - IT'S WHERE PEOPLE ACHEIVE…..IT'S DOUBLEBOIS POLERS NORDIC WALKING CLUB (FAMILY!!!!)
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9/2
Next weeks fitness classes and the monthly nordic walking programe - Nordic walking remains the same so far with no changes to locations - BUT they can change at short notice due to weather, roadworks etc - It's only the 9th Feb and so much has been done and sooo much achieved by all of our groups already, it has been a gr8 start to the year and we cant wait for the weather to join in at some point with big blue sky and warm (er) sunshine!
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8/2 - The weather was looking ominous when the Thursday club set off from Cawsand for Rame Head Peninsula - however we avoided the rain until the drive back - the breeze actually felt warm on the coastal path - we had Anita and Elisabeth form the Monday polers in todays team - it was a fantastic nordic walk, gr8 food at The Bay and once again fantastic company -
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6/2/24

A NEW ROUTE AT ROCK FOR THE MONDAY CLUB - A HISTORIC CHURCH AND THE UPPER DECK BISTRO CHECKED OUT - ONLY THING MISSING WAS BLUE SKY - BUT WE CAN WAIT FOR THAT WHEN OUR NORDIC WALKING IS THIS GOOD - TOO MANY ACHIEVERS IN THIS GROUOP TO SINGLE ANYONE OUT - IT'S A FANTASTIC TEAM OF PEOPLE DOING GR8 STUFF

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NO NORDIC WALKER BURST INTO FLAMES WHIST TAKING THIS PIC - BUT A FEW SMOKING BOOTS WERE WITNESSED…..!

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NORDIC WALKERS BECOME DETECTORISTS!!!



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4/2/24

SUNDAY POLERS UP TO MINIONS AND A 10 MILER ON BODMIN MOOR - SWAMP - RIVERS AND MUD NOT ONLY TO CONTEND WITH, THE WEATHER SHARPLY DETERIORATED WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW CLOUD - A PLANNED 14 MILER BECAME 10 AS WE HEADED TO THE CAFE AT MINIONS - ANOTHER FANTASTIC NORDIC WALK WHICH SHOWED THE FITNESS AND CHARACTER OF THE GROUP
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NORDTRAIL - our own method of improving Nordic Walking technique is a mix of trail running and nordic walking - improving confidence and getting used to moving body weight around to hold balance on all terrains with and without poles - the 5th session was today - it's evert Friday at 1230 - the skills are improving, the times are falling and fitness bar rising - today was Sandra, Alan and Gary and it was Cardinham woods - our best yet route
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1 FEB 24
SO WHEN IS CORNWALL AT ITS BEST? FEBRUARY 1st 2024 HAS TO BE CLOSE - ROUTE TO OURSELVES, BLUE SKY AND CALM SEAS AND GR8 COMPANY….IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER!!

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WARNING!!! NEVER, NEVER, EVER MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE TIDEFORD TERROR CHICKEN OR THIS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU!!
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