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Walking artist ‘living with a bowl of lava in my brain’ learns to walk again at 34
The story that Slow Ways storyteller Genevieve Rudd never imagined she'd be writing for us
Guest
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6 December 2024
Debate
For and against spring forward and fall back: the British Summer Time debate
Slow Ways editor Tom weighs up the reasons for and against the clocks changing and reflects on what these changes means for walkers
Thomas Morris
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15 March 2023
Tips
Blisters: too much information
All the blister questions answered: what are they, how to get rid of them, wtf are all those different plasters for, and most of all – to pop or not?
Hannah Engelkamp
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5 October 2022
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