Sadly Helen Gilchrist has retired from leading the Monday morning Nordic Walking Group after 18 years, following a house move out of the area.  Some of us have been Nordic walking the lovely route options around Pen for many years, and don’t want to stop!  We are forming a new group, to be called Nordic PenPals, to meet regularly on Monday mornings, all year round, and have formed a WhatsApp group to confirm plans for the week ahead.  Different folk will lead the group each week and can offer guidance but are not qualified to instruct.

Nordic walking is a form of exercise that works most muscle groups, can help with rehabilitation, suits both men and women and makes for a sociable activity to suit all ages.  If anyone hasn’t Nordic Walked before, and wants to learn how to gain the maximum benefit from their walks, please contact Helen on 07745 413194 to see if she can accommodate and train you in her Gillingham group - Tuesdays at 10.30am, or Shaftesbury at 9.30am, as she is continuing these groups for the foreseeable future - she still has family locally.  She has Nordic Walking poles of different lengths available for beginners to try.  Helen is an  Advanced Nordic Walking Instructor, a Personal Trainer - offers GP Referral Exercise for specific controlled medical conditions plus is an Outdoor Fitness and Gym Instructor. 

If anyone wishes to join Nordic PenPals, please contact Stella Parcell on 07770 365153 or Annie Harvey on 07815 505201.