{"id":7734,"date":"2024-08-01T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/?p=7734"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:54:33","slug":"tenants-take-on-1280-mile-walking-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/tenants-take-on-1280-mile-walking-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenants take on 1,280-mile walking challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 26 tenants have walked the distance from John o\u2019Groat\u2019s to Land\u2019s End on paths around north Edinburgh. The group challenge recreated all the steps of the famous route over six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The walk was inspired by the success of the group\u2019s virtual NC500 walk during lockdown in 2020. Our sheltered housing coordinators recognised the benefits of a group challenge to promote movement for mental health. The group exceeded the target distance by travelling over 1,280 miles on foot. This equates to over three million steps in six weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/HarbourH.Walk_.002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of tenants walking at Portobello beach.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/HarbourH.Walk_.002-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/HarbourH.Walk_.002-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ellen who joined the walk said: \u201cThe virtual walking group was a great incentive to get up every morning and walk instead of sitting watching TV. I started to feel better about myself.\u201d Craig enjoyed the challenge and said: \u201cIt showed how much effort everyone put into the challenge, it was very worthwhile.\u201d Michael added: \u201cI liked the challenge, it was really good for the body and mind. I really enjoy the walking group and catching up with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7738\" src=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/image00013-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of tenants holding up their walk certificates.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maureen Combe, Sheltered Housing Manager said:<\/strong> \u201cThere would be no challenge without our tenants, and we are very proud of the dedication shown by the walking group this summer. It is well known that one of the best things we can do to look after our mental health is to move regularly, and the benefits increase when we move as part of a group. I\u2019m eager to see what our tenants accomplish next!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our sheltered housing coordinators plan to keep the momentum going with more walking activities and challenges throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of 26 tenants have walked the distance from John o\u2019Groat\u2019s to Land\u2019s End on paths around north Edinburgh.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homes","category-sheltered-housing"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Harbour Homes","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7734"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7745,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734\/revisions\/7745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}