2. Do you believe that walking can actually be a workout?
Yes. if you make it brisk enough. I am quite a fast walker and you can feel 30 minutes at a decent pace. People who turn up at the gym for a stroll in front of the telly, though. I don’t think they’re getting a workout there though.

3. What stops you from going to the gym?
No membership right now, but when I did. it was timing. I could only go post work and was often too (mentally) tired

4. What would prevent you from walking as a workout?
Time (and bad weather as above). I regularly fit in a 30 minute walk at lunchtime but that alone is not enough for me. If I didn’t n I’d probably need to walk an hour+ per day to get an equivalent amount of exercise. Just don’t have that sort of time.

5. How can walking be more social?
There are bound to be local groups of ramblers, and hill walkers but I have yet to see any equivalent of local running clubs but for walking…