Fitness articles are second only to Brexit in terms of polarised responses, but it’s pretty safe ground to argue that walking is both mentally and physically beneficial. It’s also essential to the human condition. It’s not just how we move, it’s how we orient and describe ourselves in the world. Walking has infected our everyday lexicon: we ‘think on our feet’, ‘take things in our stride’ and ‘let our thoughts wander’.
And yet our levels of walking have plummeted…
