Walking-related tattoos are popular and no wonder – when they remind us of something that’s contributed so much to our lives. If you’re thinking of getting one, take inspiration from some of the 1000-milers who’ve taken the plunge already… (Click the pics to expand)
PS – The idea for this gallery came after we bumped into Charlene Harry, whose tattoo you can see in the pic. Last year she was up to 600 miles when she had an unlucky step on Snowdon and broke her leg. She commemorated the event by having the mountain tattooed on her ankle!
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Helen Smith: 'Plenty of room for more'
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Jane Clelland: I have one to commemorate my first Ultra, Race to the Stones in 2016 --) I did it with my daughter so we have matching tattoos
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Katy Fidler: 'Inside my wrist in case I ever need a boost!'
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Helen Jayne Taylor
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Chrissy Crofty: 'My dogs and me just walkin'
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Karen McChesney: 'The Moon walk badge that I'll never lose'
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Anna Durran: 'A star for every MoonWalk I've completed'
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Matthew Buckle
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Neil Macfarlane's sloth...
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...will see you now.
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Emily Carter – into the woods
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Leanne Malcolmson
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Charlene Harry's Snowdon leg-break reminder
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Tasha Leigh-Willetts' compass.
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... and her landscape-within-bootprint
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David Jaggs' bootprints are a reminder of how much walking has helped his mental health after the blow of redundancy
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Athena Green
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Lynda Drysdale's means 'Good journey'
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Craig Bonser's dream landscape
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Linda Donnelly solemnly swears she is up to no good
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Holly Walker, thinking about walking all the time
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Emily Carter's compass