Re: Walking running cycling clothes

On Jul 30, 12:26 pm, Peter Clinch <p.j.cli...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Op Pad (the Dutch TGO)

Bit of an insult to TGO, that! I've been meaning to cancel my sub to
the crappy Op Pad for the past 25 years! ;-)

Looking in Op Pad (the Dutch TGO) lately the ads seem to be suggesting
one should have specific shoes, jackets etc. for nordic walking, as
opposed to any other walking. /Why/ I have no idea... ;-/

Interesting you should say that because there really does seem to be a
massive Nordic walking fad over here. Where I live (South Limburg),
you can hardly move for people dragging poles along behind them. The
vast majority hold them without using the straps properly and the
poles just trail on the ground behind them. You can hear them coming -
it's been jokingly referred to as "het Nordic geluid" (the Nordic
sound). But many of them are still dressed in the full official rig,
with special shoes, trousers and all the rest of it.

Maastricht now even has a specialist Nordic walking shop with all the
gear. It's on one of the main downtown shopping streets, where lease
prices are higher even than Amsterdam, so there's obviously a lot of
money to be made.

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