Hertfordshire Walks
This website is about Hertfordshire, the English county to the north-west of London. This site is about towns and villages, lakes,
reservoirs, rivers and streams, and the Grand Union Canal. It is about rolling hills and municipal parks, famous landmarks and
sacred, often out of the way places. It is about walking, because this is the way I travel its tracks and paths, and this is how
the website got its name. Above all it is about pictures. It is a photo-gallery of many of the places I have enjoyed over the years,
and often revisited many times.
Please enjoy this site ... Chris Andrews.
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"Health proven to benefit from the natural environment." Said Dr William Bird, Director of Natural
England, speaking on BBC R4's The Today Programme, 8 Nov 2006
Health benefits of walking - Studies show that walking can:
* Lower blood pressure
* Reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke
* Reduce high cholesterol and improve blood lipid profile
* Reduce the risk of cancer of the colon
(Sources: Davison & Grant 1993, US Dept of Health 1996, British Heart Foundation 2000)
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