Its roughly 2 miles down to Diglis weir and back from the old Worcester river bridge, its level tarmac all the way around and there's plenty of seats for a break.
I always start at the Swan sanctuary where you can stand and watch the swans doing their thing and then take a slow walk down to Diglis weir looking out for any wildlife on the way. There was cormorants fishing, sand martins flitting about, a heron stalking his brunch, canal long boats and rowing boats out on the river all busying about, the walk path was also busy with walkers, cyclists, disabled scooters, and joggers as usual when the sun shines.
I took it steady as it was my first walk of this distance for a while so I'm a bit out of condition, my mum came along also but even though she is over 80 with knee problems she lets me set the pace.
We had a steady stroll down to Diglis foot bridge where we cross over the river and start the return journey back up the other side. We sat for a while and watched the fishermen Salmon fishing at Diglis weir, took a few pics and then set off back towards the town where the car was parked. This is where I give my lungs a real work out and I pick up the pace a little while on 6 liters of oxygen. I walk as fast as possible so I am able to keep going but I'm slightly out of my comfort zone and keep this up for as long as I can. This is what I call real lung exercise as it works those chest muscles and clears out any gunk from the bottom of that rib cage. I always breath much easier after this and would recommend it to all you fellow sufferers if you are able to give it a try.
It took around 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours to complete the circuit, some of the joggers are lapping us many times in that time but that's life living with a lung condition as we all well know, I'm just happy to be able to still get around at what ever pace, at least I have time to stand and stair and not miss out on the many good things there are to see when the sun is shining.
As you'll see in my short video when I was doing my lung exercise bit on the return journey I was passed by Nigel Mansell out for a ride on his scooter. I wondered what he was doing in his retirement. .
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and I thought I would throw in a few pics I took of me and my mum as we walked the river walk.
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Remember walking is good for us Healthunlockeders and its also a lot of fun too when the suns shining.
Hope your all well
Tony