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An early Spring in my Steps…

By Jill Pringle April 5, 2019August 4, 2019 In South Downs Way, Walking 0 AdultDDH, Buriton 0

Jill Pringle South Downs Way Sign Buriton to Harting Down

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.

Paddling with my hands: pain and hip dysplasia

By Jill Pringle February 17, 2019August 4, 2019 In Personal, surgery, Uncategorised 0 hip displaysia, hip pain 0

People often ask me if it hurts to walk. The answer is ‘sometimes’. Funnily enough, since I had my hip
replacement, the one part of my body I rarely feel pain is in that left
hip.

Hip-py New Year!

By Jill Pringle December 31, 2018August 4, 2019 In hip dysplasia, Personal 1 hip displaysia, South Downs Way 1

Wow. What a year 2018 has been for me and my hips. I celebrated my Birthday three days ago, 47 years after I was born with hip dysplasia. This time last year I never imagined that I’d have walked a 10K race and 24.5 miles of the South Downs Way.

Walking Test Two: Jill (not Jack) goes up Beacon Hill

By Jill Pringle September 25, 2018August 4, 2019 In hip dysplasia, Walking 2 Beacon Hill, DDH 0

Jill on Beacon Hill diff-abled.co.uk hip displaysia

Today I took a sneaky day off work and headed for the South Downs Way. My goal was to try out Beacon Hill with my walking boots and some new walking poles.