FROM A SUNNY SUNDAY AT ROCK AND A GR8 SUNDAY LUNCH AFTER A 9 MILER - THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS STINGING COLD RAIN TRACKS OF RIVERS - AND A LOW TEMP OF 3 DEGREES AT THE TOP OF CARRADON HILL - WEATHER EXTREEMS - BUT BOTH GROUPS HAD A GR8 TIME - THE WETHER NOT AFFECTING THE ENJOYMENT - DURING THE MONDAY WE ALL REALISED THAT WE WALKED THE VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN STUPIDITY AND DETERMINATION - BOTH FANTASTIC NORDIC WALKS AS WE BUILS UP TO THE EASTER WEEK WHICH I AM SURE WILL BE AS 'EGGSTREME' AT SOME POINT…!!
AS WE HAVE NORDIC WALKERS AWAY OUR GROUPS HAVE BEEN MORE 'COSY' THE PAST FEW WEEKS, HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT STOPPED THE EXCELLENT WALKING - THE SUN MAY STILL BE HIDING BEHIND CLOUDS AND IT IS QUITE EASY TO FIND THE MUD!! LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ROCK LOOP THIS SUNDAY AND THE SUNDAY ROAST AT THE UPPED DECK BISTRO AFTERWARDS….YEHHH! (PICS OPPOSITE ARE FROM LITTLE PETHERICK CREEK)
20/3/24
Just for a change!! It was blue sky on the north rugged coast as the Sunday club took in a 9 miler out from St Agnes whist the Monday club kept the rain away - both days had temperatures higher than it has been recently - we have quite a few of our nordic walkers away - however all are maintaining their exercise and clocking top the miles - it's Little Petherick creek tomorrow (Thursday) for a swift 5 miler before———the temps are due to drop for the weekend!!!
St Agnes
Readymoney Cove Loop
NordTrail is our own concept of maximizing the benefit of the poles and only those qualified with us are in the group - we also do nordic walking courses that include the NordTrail techniques
8 MARCH 2024
AS ENGLISH WE ARE WELL KNOWN FOR TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER - IN CORNWALL IT CAN BE PARTICULARLY WET - HOWEVER THIS WEEK I CANCELLED A NORDIC WALK FOR THE VERY FORST TIME DUE TO THE RAIN OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS ON MONDAY - THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING AND THIS WAS IT - WE WILL BE RE SCHEDULING OUR DOUBLEBOIS DUN DAY WHEN SPRING HAS ACTUALLY SPRUNG! - THURSDAY HOWEVER WAS A FANTSTIC DAY - A 5 MILE NORDIC WALK AT EDGCUMBE FOLLOWED BY LUNCH AT THE ORANGERY - WE HAD A FEW OF THE MONDAY CLUB ALONG AND IT WAS A GR8 GROUP - TISWAS SATURDAY THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY E NEW ROUTE AT MELDON RESERVOIR ON SUNDAY - 9 MILES AND ALSO OING TO THE HIGHET POINT ON DARTMOOR - HIGH WITHEYS - HERE'S HOPING THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT…
WITH 8 REGULARS AWAY IT WAS KATHY AND ALAN WHO FLEW THE SUNDAY CLUBS FLAG - THEY HELD IT HIGH WITH AN 'EPIC' DAY IN AND AROUND CORNWALLS 'HIDDEN CORNER' - A 12 MILER UNDER BLUE SKY AND AT TIMES BRIGHT RED MUD! YEP THE MUD IS STILL THERE, OR ARE WE JUST REALLY GOOD AT FINDING IT?? LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEK AHEAD WITH BACK 2 THE MAT KICKING IT OFF TOMORROW FOLLOWED BY db POLERS MONDAY CLUB BACK IN DOUBLEBOIS - THURSDAY IS A NORDIC WALK AND MEAL AT THE ORANGERY - AND THE WEATHER? - WELL WE DONT CARE - IT DOESN'T STOP US HAVING FUN WHIST WE IMPROVE FITNESS!
FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND IT WAS MINUS 2 WITH WIND CHILL FOR NORDTRAIL AT SIBLYBACK LAKE = 3.5 MILES IN 48 MINS WITH PACING AT 100/80 RATIO - TIMES IMPROVING WEEK ON WEEK, WAIT UNTIL SPRING HAS SPRUNG PROPERLY! - BLUE SKY PICS AND SNOW AT THE DAM
NEXT WEEKS PROGRAMME AND MARCH NORDIC WALKING - KEEPING IT ALL FRESH WTH EATING PLACES, NEW ROUTES AND EXERCISES CLASSES
TORRENTIAL- HORIZONTAL RAIN AND HIGH WINDS ONLY ADDED TO THE FANTASTIC SUNDAY POLERS NORDIC WALK OUT FROM TAVISTOCK, ONTO DARTMOOR AND ALONG. THE PICTURESQUE RIVER WALK AT GRENOFEN - A 13 MILER WITH THE ROUTE TO OURSELVES - LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT GRENOFEN NORDIC WALK WITH THE THURSDAY CLUB SOON
24/2/24
SATURDAY TISWAS WAS ANOTHER AWESOME SESSION AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING OUT WITH EVERYONE - REQUESTS DONE AND NEW MOVES - WE INCLUDED CHAIR PILATES, A SPINAL TEACH IN AS WELL AS OUR NORMAL STRETCH AND MOBALISATION SEGMENT - TISWAS…today is Saturday work and stretch….every week at 10
26/2/24
SMELLING THE COFEE AT LERRYN! - THE MONDAY POLERS CLUB ALWAYS SEEM TO ATRACT THE SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKY - TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION! A GR8 NORDIC WALK, WE DID FIND SOME SWAMP TO KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY
This week we have been planning ahead - monthly nordic walking and lunch afterwards now every month for each group -the Monday group have routes for Thursdays so they do not miss out on any of the social fun - Monday group nordic walk in the afternoon, so it's normally a coffee and cake afterwards - AND even farther ahead we are also currently planning our Xmas 2025 social evening with there also being a nordic walk 'betwixt' Xmas and new year……it's not even spring yet!!!!!
23 Feb 2024
An awesome group on an awesome day! With the weather being terrible the Thursday club battled through it to complete an arduous Nordic walk. Hail, driving rain, high winds and lots and lots of mud meant it was a character building route - everyone achieved
The Monday club are pushing the boundaries and everyone is achieving more every week - originally the Siblyback Strollers, they now are expanding routes as fitness increases - this nordic walk at Padstow was a fantastic afternoon - we had blue sky and at long last not a hint of rain - beautiful Cornish beaches and countryside - and all topped off with a swamp to keep motivation high!! Gr8 group - gr8 fun - and coffee to complete
It's not the weather or terrain or even the views that make a gr8 nordic walk…..It's the people in the group - due to half term Thursdays club this week was more 'cosy' - weather was also 'Mizzly' but this did not detract from it being another gr8 nordic walk - stopping half way for a coffee at Charlestown (where did all of the people come from?) it was then a tortoise and hare return - a bit of nord trail was also thrown in!!
WE HAVE SPIT TORTOISE AND HARE - TREVALLICKS AND NORD TRAIL UP COMING - CANT WAIT….!!
Next weeks fitness classes and the monthly nordic walking programe - Nordic walking remains the same so far with no changes to locations - BUT they can change at short notice due to weather, roadworks etc - It's only the 9th Feb and so much has been done and sooo much achieved by all of our groups already, it has been a gr8 start to the year and we cant wait for the weather to join in at some point with big blue sky and warm (er) sunshine!
A NEW ROUTE AT ROCK FOR THE MONDAY CLUB - A HISTORIC CHURCH AND THE UPPER DECK BISTRO CHECKED OUT - ONLY THING MISSING WAS BLUE SKY - BUT WE CAN WAIT FOR THAT WHEN OUR NORDIC WALKING IS THIS GOOD - TOO MANY ACHIEVERS IN THIS GROUOP TO SINGLE ANYONE OUT - IT'S A FANTASTIC TEAM OF PEOPLE DOING GR8 STUFF
NOTE…..
NO NORDIC WALKER BURST INTO FLAMES WHIST TAKING THIS PIC - BUT A FEW SMOKING BOOTS WERE WITNESSED…..!
NORDIC WALKERS BECOME DETECTORISTS!!!
SUNDAY POLERS UP TO MINIONS AND A 10 MILER ON BODMIN MOOR - SWAMP - RIVERS AND MUD NOT ONLY TO CONTEND WITH, THE WEATHER SHARPLY DETERIORATED WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW CLOUD - A PLANNED 14 MILER BECAME 10 AS WE HEADED TO THE CAFE AT MINIONS - ANOTHER FANTASTIC NORDIC WALK WHICH SHOWED THE FITNESS AND CHARACTER OF THE GROUP
1 FEB 24
SO WHEN IS CORNWALL AT ITS BEST? FEBRUARY 1st 2024 HAS TO BE CLOSE - ROUTE TO OURSELVES, BLUE SKY AND CALM SEAS AND GR8 COMPANY….IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER!!
Thursdays are the start of our weekend - every weekend! The nordic walkers with a gr8 Lostwithiel loop and Beamers with Beamfit Beamlates - Every session has an 'A' team bringing the 'A' game
With 3 new nordic walkers in the Monday group the programmed nordic walk is now at Cardinham woods - the weather is set for a changeover the weekend - SO, will we be warmer but wetter!?? Next weeks programmes for the fit family are out - new addition to TISWAS is the yellow band - oh and the Turtle is back!! Nord trail in Doublebois for the first time and a return to St Dominick Sunday - after Fat Boys breakfast at Trevallicks - I seem to be ready for another one already!
Our latest Lemon Squashers!! Sandra and Christine complete their NWUK course and will be released next week with a club meet
First Fat Boys Nordic walk - breakfast at Trevallicks Farm shop on Bodmin moor - its adjacent to Carradon hill and recommended by 12 hungry nordic walkers - especially after a 6 miler at minus 6 - with beautiful blue Cornish sky and sunshine it was a nordic walk that created many more memories for life
NORDIC WALKERS LOOKING LIKE ILLEGALS? - I THINK NOT IF THAT IS WHAT THE SELF PROCLAIMED SUPER POWER CALLED FACEBOOK IS MEANING! IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK RE - LAUNCHING OUR FB PAGE FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF NO COMMUNICATION AND OF COURSE WE ARE THE 'LITTLE PEOPLE'
BESIDES THAT OUR FIT FAMILY ARE DOING FANTASTIC NORDIC WALKS, ON LINE FITNESS AND IN THE COLD WEATHER STAYING TOASTY WARM AND ALL SMILEY - WITH NEW NWUK QUALIFICATIONS GOING OUT THIS WEEK AND MORE PEOPLE DOING ON LINE FITNESS WE WILL NEVER LET THE B*******DS GRIND US DOWN - 2024 IS ALL ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR db FIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS
16/1/24
A HISTORIC HOUSE - LAMAS - A WWII AIR RAID SHELTER - A CITY'S BREAKWATER - A DOCKYARD - A FERRY - TAMAR BRIDGE CROSSINGS - ALL IN A SINGLE NORDIC WALK - OH YES, AND A GR8 GROUP TO SEE IT ALL WITH
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THIS WAS A GR8 DAY LAST YEAR WITH THE WI OF CORNWALL!
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COLD WEATHER ISNT STOPPING THE NORDIC WALKING - IT'S ALSO GETTING THE WORM CATCHERS CLUB UP EARLY AND GETTING TOASTY - THE MUD IS STILL OIT THERE - BUT IT IS NOW FROZEN, AVOID THE ICY PUDDLES AND NORDIC WALKING IS A LOT BETTER - COTEHELE THIS WEEK AND WE HAD PERFECT TIMIMG AS THE CAFE OPENED JUST AS WE GOT TO THE DOOR - MUCH TO THE SUPRISE OF DOREEN!!
NORD TRAIL AT SIBLYBACK TODAY - PnP ISOMETRICS, TISWAS SATURDAY AND THEN THE SUNDAY POLERS HAVE CAWSAND FOLLOWED BUY A MEALK IN THE BAY - IT'S BUSY - IT'S ALL GOOD
Sunday was wet and swampy! Monday was cold and frozen ground! Db Polers nordic walking the extremes, pushing the boundaries and making a lot of fantastic memories when others stay at home all dry and warm, db powers go out nordic walking - cooking up a storm!
On line db fit family are now having higher 'live' attendances - the new program for 24 has more classes but greater flexibility - we may only be a few days into the current year but already the db family are raising the bar.
Gr8 to get the first nordic walk of 2024 done!! Cobwebs blew away, a gr8 group - a gr8 nordic walk - brought a glow to Rock
WHEN MOST ARE EASING DOWN FROM FITNESS db FIT CLUB AND db POLERS HAVE UPPED THE ANTI - RAISED THE BAR AND HAD AN EXCELLENT FESTIVE SEASON - GATHERING TOGETHER TWICE - FORST TIME IN LOOE ON A HAT HAIR PREVENTION MEAL OUT AT THE OLD SAIL LOFT AND THEN ALL OF THE GROUPS GOT TOGETHER FOR A SWIFT 5 MILER AROUND EDGCUMBE AND THE SW COASTAL PATH FOLLOWED BY A HAT HAIR STYLE MEAL AT THE ORANGERY - TALK ABOUT BEING INSPIRATIONAL!!!! - CANT WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR AND GLAD ITS ONLY IN A COUPLE OF DAYS - OUR WEEKLY ON LINE FIT GYM HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO GIBE MOE 'ME' TIME AND CLASSES - WE ALSO HAVE A NEW NORDIC WALKING WEEKLY EVENT - 'NORD TRAIL' - A COMBO 'XX' OVER USING THE POLES FOR A VASTLY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - GROUP IS FOR db POLERS AMD NWUK MEMBERS - SO GET IN A FREE TASTER SESSION - GET THE COURSE - GET SOME FUN, FITNESS, MEET NEW PEOPLE AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!
LERRYN LOG CAT !!
SPOTTED HUNTING ON RIVER BANK - A VERY RARE AND THREATENED SPECIES
As the festive season is now upon us db powers have completed phase 1 with an evening out at The Old Sail Loft in Looe - Lerryn walks for Thursday and Sunday and a Minions with the Monday club - On line we have a new programme to work with at the start of 2024 - all designed to be up to date and working with the fit family members
'THERE IS ONLY ONE DOUBLEBOIS NORDIC WALKING CLUB'
Running at dawn and dusk this week has given some great views as the winter fast approaches
OUR CLASSIC AND EPIC LOSTWITHIEL TO FOWEY HBR ON SUNDAY WAS FOLLOWED UP BY THE FIRST NORDIC WALK ON THE SW COAST PATH BY db POLERS MONDAY CLUB - TIMED JUST RIGHT TO GET A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IT WAS BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF THE WAY - IT DID HELP IN BALANCING OUT THE MUDDY SLIPPERY TRAIL!!
THE PAST WEEKS FANTASTIC GROUPS DOING GR8 STUFF!!
THURSDAY CLUB AT READYMONEY WITH - BLUE SKY - SUN - CLOUD - MORE BLACK CLOUD - HIGH WINDS - LIGHT BREEZE - FREEZING COLD - HAILSTONES - SUDDEN HEAVY DOWN POURS - AND GR8 COMPANY AND GR8 COFFEE!
Great start to the week!!! Pilates 'canned' with db fit family and the Mondays Nordic walkers with their first walk at Lerryn - weather was excellent and we welcomed Kevin as our latest qualified squasher of lemons!!!
Re formatted web site - got fed up with the black so brought some 'Lesu green' onto the web. Booking page hopefully simplifies the systems i have no control over - so hopefully a more direct link to click
new week coming up - new things to look forward to!!!
It was a last minute change of todays planned session with db polers today due to rain logged ground and a fallen tree - however we resurrected the old school 'Hill' route, some rain but we also had blue sky, gr8 company and a coffee mole to finish - oh and we also had the social committee meeting who have suggested a mid Xmas special - watch this space - being looked at now.
The week starts with a db fit family classic harking back to lockdown days - 'Canned Pilates Combo. at 10 and then Lerryn with the Monday nordic walking club (first for the group)
THIS WEEKS VIDEO LINKS