After joining #walk1000miles the day her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour, 62-year-old Christina Lander finds it’s been vital to both of them.
“I actually picked up Country Walking magazine in the waiting room on the day my husband Richard received his diagnosis – and that was when we joined #walk1000miles. He was determined to be as fit as possible before his operation, and we walked up Cadair Idris (the steep way!) two days before he went into hospital. All the walking stood him in great stead.
Defying all the odds, and after a very long and complicated operation, he was back walking nine days later. Only half a mile a day, but it was a start. He went on to climb his first mountain, Pen y Fan, after 19 days. Such a beautiful, happy sunny day.
We’re now so in the #walk1000miles habit, and enjoying it so much, it's become quite hard not to go for a walk every day. I’m struggling through menopause, and find getting outside in the fresh air is a great way to just forget about it. The hot flushes don't seem nearly as bad and I definitely don't get mood swings – I'm always on a high. When we're out walking I'm totally in the moment and completely switch off from anything else that may be troubling me. Problems seem to disappear, and when they resurface at the end of the walk, they don't seem nearly as bad.”
