Paved paradise...
The value of a walk, a stroll, a tramp, a hike has come into a clearer vision of late. Covid/Delta has a massive raft of negatives attached to it for everyone, but one thing it did do is get people walking. Sure, they may not have been out on overnight hikes or climbing mountains, but they were outside walking, not stuck behind a desk or in front of a screen, and felt the real need and the value of simply walking outside. The old adage in Joni Mitchell’s song ‘You don’t know what you’ve got till it gone’ is very true. Take away the option of activities, add confinement, add uncertainty and you soon see the value in a simple walk. The actual clinical value is extremely well documented and the simple…