I’ve taken a break from walking the South Downs Way for the last four months. Today I decided to spring into action and get back on the trail from Buriton to Harting Down.
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My Ups & Downs. Walking with hip-dysplasia, differently-abled.
So picture this… I come back from a walk only to find that my FitBit has categorised half of it as ‘outdoor cycling’ and half of it as ‘sport’. This happens to me quite often, because where walking is concerned, I’m differently-abled. I was born with severe Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH for short). In plain English that means that my hip joints didn’t form properly before I was born. I can walk but it’s not something I do with ease or speed and definitely not with grace!
I’m writing this blog to share my own journey with my funny walk – in an open, vulnerable way. Being ‘different’ has been a positive and a negative in my life. It has definitely shaped who I am. My unusual hips are not ‘who’ I am - but they are part of my story. Where I go, they go and so does their impact. In 2019 I chose to walk 100 miles of the South Downs Way – to see how far I could take my different walk – and my blog. In 2021 due to covid lockdowns I'm going to turn my daily walks into a virtual Pennine Way and see if I can get to 268 miles in a year.
I hope you enjoy reading about it. You can also follow this blog on Facebook or Twitter by following @WalkingJill
So picture this… I come back from a walk only to find that my FitBit has categorised half of it as ‘outdoor cycling’ and half of it as ‘sport’. This happens to me quite often, because where walking is concerned, I’m differently-abled. I was born with severe Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH for short). In plain English that means that my hip joints didn’t form properly before I was born. I can walk but it’s not something I do with ease or speed and definitely not with grace!
I’m writing this blog to share my own journey with my funny walk – in an open, vulnerable way. Being ‘different’ has been a positive and a negative in my life. It has definitely shaped who I am. My unusual hips are not ‘who’ I am - but they are part of my story. Where I go, they go and so does their impact. In 2019 I chose to walk 100 miles of the South Downs Way – to see how far I could take my different walk – and my blog. In 2021 due to covid lockdowns I'm going to turn my daily walks into a virtual Pennine Way and see if I can get to 268 miles in a year.
I hope you enjoy reading about it. You can also follow this blog on Facebook or Twitter by following @WalkingJill
About me
My name is Jill, I’m 46 and I walk differently. I have DDH which means my hips didn’t form properly before I was born
About the Walks
I walked 100 miles of The South Downs Way in 2018/19 and in 2021 I'm walking the 268 miles of the Pennine Way but locally due to lockdowns.
About Diff-abled
Diff-abled was coined by the US democratic national committee as a more positive term than ‘dis-abled’. It highlights difference.
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