N HER BOOK, author Kerri Andrews writes that walking, for famous women like Dorothy Wordsworth and Virginia Woolf, was “more than a pleasurable diversion but a ‘way of living’ that brings health, companionship and a self-worth that is centred on being in the company of other women”. The science backs this up. In all the medical advice about how to stay mentally and physically healthy as we age, strong friendships, time in nature and walking top the list. So, no surprise then, that
