You don’t have to be extreme to step into adventure. In this conversation, Belinda and I explore beginner-friendly trekking — from simple day walks to village-to-village “walking holidays” in Europe. If fear, gear, fitness, or safety have ever stopped you, this episode gently removes those barriers.

• How fit you really need to be to begin

• Why hiking with a “wingman” builds confidence

• Boots vs trail runners (and why fit matters more than brand)

• What actually belongs in a beginner daypack

• Why electronics can fail — and paper maps still matter

• Easier European village-to-village walking holidays

Sometimes the hardest step isn’t the incline — it’s simply deciding to go.

Find Belinda at https://soultreader.com/

Learn more about Belinda and find all her links at The Boomer Woman’s Podcast: Belinda Coker

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I’ve probably done most of the things you expect a woman my age to have done: married and divorced; three children; variety of jobs over the years including a couple of home-based businesses and, finally, a pretty good career; gave up that career (and home and life) to move and take care of a dementing mother; adult daughter moved back home with a baby; financial struggles; sucker-punched by the post-2007 economy. You tell a similar story.

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