The Walking Cure
The Number #1 Sunday Times Bestseller. a Healthier, Happier Life One Step at a Time
1st Edition
Published on 27. March 2025
352 pages
978-1-5266-7633-7 (ISBN)
Description
The right place, walked at the right time, can heal, energise, restore and inspire. Instead of ambling the same old track, find a route to match and mend your mood ... and prepare to be astonished.'
In this inspirational book Annabel Streets explains the curative and therapeutic benefits of 20 easy-to-find landscapes, both rural and urban: from mountains to meadows, disused railway lines to rivers and coastal cliffs to city parks. Streets reveals not only the huge physiological benefits of walking, but also how these are exponentially enhanced by the particular routes we choose to walk. Streets investigates how different landscapes have proven abilities to change how we see, feel and experience ourselves and the world.
With warmth and wisdom, and using a compelling blend of anecdotal and scientific evidence, she identifies the perfect place to walk for over two dozen common states-of-mind, whether it be a canal path to spark creativity, a bustling city to allay boredom or the the shoreline to heal grief and insomnia. The Walking Cure celebrates the joy of walking and shares the extraordinary health benefits that landscape unlocks.
In this inspirational book Annabel Streets explains the curative and therapeutic benefits of 20 easy-to-find landscapes, both rural and urban: from mountains to meadows, disused railway lines to rivers and coastal cliffs to city parks. Streets reveals not only the huge physiological benefits of walking, but also how these are exponentially enhanced by the particular routes we choose to walk. Streets investigates how different landscapes have proven abilities to change how we see, feel and experience ourselves and the world.
With warmth and wisdom, and using a compelling blend of anecdotal and scientific evidence, she identifies the perfect place to walk for over two dozen common states-of-mind, whether it be a canal path to spark creativity, a bustling city to allay boredom or the the shoreline to heal grief and insomnia. The Walking Cure celebrates the joy of walking and shares the extraordinary health benefits that landscape unlocks.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
File size
4,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-7633-7 (9781526676337)
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The Walking Cure
THE NUMBER #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A healthier, happier life one step at a time
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The Walking Cure
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Annabel Streets is an award-winning writer of highly researched fiction and non-fiction. Her first practical walking book, 52 Ways to Walk, was a widely reviewed bestseller.
As Annabel Abbs, she is the author of Windswept: Why Women Walk, voted a top ten 2021 travel book. As Annabel Streets she co-authored The Age-Well Project: Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life. She has written for a wide range of titles, including the Guardian, The Daily Mail, Telegraph, Tatler and the Paris Review, and is a Fellow of the Brown Foundation. She lives in London and Sussex where she is frequently on foot.
As Annabel Abbs, she is the author of Windswept: Why Women Walk, voted a top ten 2021 travel book. As Annabel Streets she co-authored The Age-Well Project: Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life. She has written for a wide range of titles, including the Guardian, The Daily Mail, Telegraph, Tatler and the Paris Review, and is a Fellow of the Brown Foundation. She lives in London and Sussex where she is frequently on foot.
Content
- Cover
- Author Bio
- By the same author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Forests and Woodland
- Chapter 2: Shorelines
- Chapter 3: Leafy Lanes and Rural Roads
- Chapter 4: Rolling Hills
- Chapter 5: Cemeteries
- Chapter 6: Flowers and Meadows
- Chapter 7: City Strolling
- Chapter 8: Flatlands
- Chapter 9: Clifftops
- Chapter 10: Lakes
- Chapter 11: Ghostlands
- Chapter 12: Therapeutic Landscapes
- Chapter 13: Canal Towpaths
- Chapter 14: Ecotones
- Chapter 15: Urban Parks and Gardens
- Chapter 16: Outlands
- Chapter 17: Distance Routes and Pilgrim Paths
- Chapter 18: Mountains
- Chapter 19: Rivers
- Chapter 20: Nocturne
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
