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Issue 8 of the Perth & Kinross Sports Council Newsletter

13 June 2008

Abernyte Community has been awarded £7112 to carry out improvements to the Glebe Millennium Walk.  This grant has been awarded by the Big Lottery Fund Breathing Places Campaign. Abernyte Community Company is very excited and pleased to receive this award and looks forward to working with the Heritage Group and wider community in planning and implementing the works. Volunteers are most welcome.   Watch their website for more details coming soon.

10 June 2008

Click here for the latest 'Paths to Health' newsletter.

10 June 2008

We are pleased to be promoting another path - Glen of Rait to Dalreichmoor via Shanry.  You can get details here.   This path can be combined with a walk on quiet roads through the Sidlaw hills returning past Evelick and Kilspindie to give a route that is over 6 miles long.

02 June 2008

Microsoft v6 Mapping
All our mapping pages have been rewritten to incorporate the new v6 version of Microsoft Virtual Earth maps that are compatible with the Safari browser frequently used on the Apple Mac PC.  Click here to see details of all our maps.

22 May 2008

Walking for Health

Walking is good for our health.  Increasingly, evidence is showing that many aspects of our physical and mental wellbeing benefit from walking, particularly if this activity takes place in green spaces. 

In this page we shall be examining the relationship between walking and health; whether it's all good news, whether some of us can benefit more than others, whether the benefits can be enhanced and much more.  Please feel free to contribute.  The Paths Project co-ordinator would appreciate hearing from you about your opinions on and experiences of walking. 

This link contains much useful information about the health benefits of walking, some perhaps surprising - for example, did you know that as little as 30 minutes of gentle exercise most days can demonstrably improve our health?  Some of the individual walking anecdotes are really interesting too.   

Just out!  MIND has launched a major new report, entitled Ecotherapy - the green agenda for mental health.  The report outlines the positive impact of walking, amongst other forms of exercise, as a cost-effective and natural addition to existing treatments.  Interestingly, outdoor walking in the park was measurably superior to the equivalent amount of exercise indoors in the supermarket!