Here are five more reasons why walking is good for you: 01. Increases creativity 02. Healthy 03. Increases productivity 04. Facilitates communication 05. You will be following in the footsteps of giants Don't believe me? Read this interesting article on the subject and make up your own mind: Why some of the greatest minds used to take long walks, and why you should too.
In search for legendary “City of the Monkey God,” explorers find the untouched ruins of a vanished culture. Douglas Preston in National Geographic Magazine: An expedition to Honduras has emerged from the jungle with dramatic news of the discovery of a mysterious culture’s lost city, never before explored. The team was led to the remote, uninhabited region by long-standing rumors that it was the site of a storied “White City,” also referred to in legend as the “City of the Monkey [Read more...]
The British newspaper, The Telegraph, has included the city of Málaga in its list of the top ten cultural holiday destinations in Spain for 2015. The recognition that has been given to it is due in most part to the contribution made to its cultural scene in the sphere of art, which was already well renowned in this respect because of the importance of the Picasso Museum and Carmen Thyssen museums, not to mention the city’s significant Roman and Arab archaeological [Read more...]
Research shows outdoor walks improve mental health By Lauren Steele in Outside. British and American scientists have published new research showing that group nature walks help us combat stress while boosting mental well-being. Researchers from the University of Michigan and Edge Hill University in England evaluated 1,991 participants in England’s Walking for Health program, which hosts nearly 3,000 walks per week for more than 70,000 regular participants. They found that the nature [Read more...]
Environment secretary Liz Truss says rural areas could overtake cities for new business launches over next 10 years. Andrew Johnson in The Guardian: The countryside is set to overtake towns and cities as the driving force of Britain’s economy – with superfast broadband leading to a boom in business startups in rural areas, the government has claimed. Over the next decade, productivity in rural areas could grow faster than in urban areas for the first time since the industrial [Read more...]
I just came across this most interesting website and blog called, "Hiking Research: Connecting people to the restorative power of nature" by a gentleman called Mark Ellison. In the words of Mark, "I help people use the restorative power of nature for optimal health and work effectiveness. I facilitate classes and experiential learning sessions that utilize nature to stimulate creativity, improve attention capacities, increase well-being and decrease stress. These improvements are backed by [Read more...]
A recent study reveals how brown bears, wolves and lynx numbers are rising in Europe. The study, published in the journal Science, shows how a land-sharing model of conservation is helping large predators to thrive in the wild in Europe - with even the relatively modest British countryside shown to be capable of supporting big carnivores just as well as the large tracts of free and open wilderness on mainland Europe. The most abundant large carnivore in Europe is the Eurasian brown bear [Read more...]
Plans have been underway since September 2014 to create a coastal path that will run the entire length of the Malaga coastline, from Manilva in the west to Nerja in the east, a distance of just over 180 kilometres. It sure sounds exciting and I can't wait to see it brought to fruition. The project is being spearheaded by the Malaga Council and has the full support of all 14 municipalities through which the coastal path will pass. The 14 municipalities are, from west to east, in geographical [Read more...]
A few days ago, I took some visiting Irish friends for a drive through the Maro - Cerro Gordo Natural Park, using the now relatively disused and unmaintained tarmac road that still exists. Out of nowhere, and catching me completely by surprise, not to mention to the complete incredulity of my Irish friends, a huge male ibex, followed by two females, climbed up the mountain slope through the undergrowth and positioned themselves in the middle of the road a mere ten metres in front of us. Needless [Read more...]
This weekend, a foreign rambler required the assistance of the emergency services to be rescued from the mountains after having become lost while hiking in the Río Higuerón area of Frigiliana. The unlucky gentleman, faced with the prospect of the quickly encroaching darkness, and not knowing how to get back to Nerja on foot, called the Emergency Services at 20:40 to alert them of his predicament. A full search and rescue team was mobilised from various departments which included the Provincial [Read more...]