How walking can change your perspective

November 2025

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November 2025

Photo: Verity Jackson
One of the benefits of walking is the opportunity it provides for deep reflection. We asked the Walk1200km community to share a time when walking had changed their perspective on something. Here are some of their responses. Planning ahead While walking through pain most days, I think about what walking events to enter and getting on with it. […]

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