A new strategy has been published which encourages more walking for everyone in Scotland.

The Let’s Get Scotland Walking – The National Walking Strategy aims to encourage a culture of walking to help us realise the many benefits that can be gained.

Here at the service naturally we do a lot of walking! By promoting and delivering quality Outdoor Learning sessions, we hope that we are encouraging beneficial healthy living and learning habits for all our Midlothian pupils.

Many of our schools have whole year groups benefiting from Hillwalking and oirenteering experiences.

“Scotland has outstanding opportunities for walking both in urban and rural areas. Our spectacular scenery, our range of green spaces (including parks), our walkable urban centres and world-class cities, our community routes, our long distance route networks and our world-class access rights all combine to give Scotland a unique set of ‘walking-friendly’ factors.”

It’s great to see so many of the benefits of walking highlighted in the strategy and its well worth a read. Click on the image to go to the Scottish Government link.

We look forward to seeing how the working group progress the strategy. Meanwhile keep walking up those hills.