15 top posts from the #walk1000miles community you might have missed

In a community of 35,000 you’re bound to miss a few gems, so here’s our monthly digest of the posts that most stirred the community in the #walk1000miles Facebook group. Click the titles to open the original post in a new window.

15 Not for the first time, Stuart Fox blows our minds with his afternoon’s bird pics

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14 Fiona Pullen celebrated a drop of eight dress sizes and completed her 1000 on Christmas Day: “the best present”

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13 Angela Harvey had this stunning close encounter with a wolf moon

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12 ‘Am I falling behind?’ Not entirely being an egotist here, but I think everyone should understand this

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11 Fee Newton has quite possibly the best sock-knitting friend ever

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10 Cindy’s 50p-a-mile savings jar is a great idea

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9 ‘I was just wondering how those in this group that aren’t managing lots of miles feel.’ Encouragement ahoy for Tamsin!

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8 ‘Come on fellow 1000 milers let’s find Wayne a date in time for Valentine’s Day’. Yes let’s!

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7 Love is in the air for Caroline!

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6 ‘What's wrong with me?’ An entertaining tale of man determined to walk 1000 miles despite not enjoying it. Yet.

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5 Betty Biz’s story: ‘Everyone has a different story.
Everyone has different motivations.
Everyone has different goals.
Everyone is here to help each other achieve them.’ Amen to that Betty!

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4 The auto-correct of the year so far created much mirth…

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3 ‘We took the takeaway off speed dial and stopped answering the phone when the pub was calling.. Instead we went walking...🚶’

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2 ‘It’s amazing what you see on an early morning pavement pound’… and coming from Jen Mcloughlin you know it’s going to be a good yarn!

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1 ‘My wife and best mate passed away just before Christmas. One thing she would have hated was for me to mope around feeling sorry for myself so I've joined the walk 1000 miles group…’ A heart-rending yet positive post from new joiner Michael, 80, attracted a huge reaction.