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100 miles per year! My ups and downs with hip dysplasia

By Jill Pringle November 11, 2019 In hip dysplasia, South Downs Way 0 alfriston, beachy head marathon 0

100 miles marker South Downs Way Jill Pringle

100 miles is a long way for anyone to walk. For me, with hip dysplasia, it feels like a very big achievement. Two weeks ago I completed the South Downs Way and in the end it took me 15 days of walking,

Adult DDH: walking and talking with different abilities

By Jill Pringle September 28, 2019 In hip dysplasia, Rambling, South Downs Way, Walking 0 Adult DDH, Black Cap 0

Last weekend I walked another 14.5miles, and on the first day I was joined by two friends. I was born with hip-dysplasia and it was obvious immediately that my hips weren’t normal.

Route 66? Finding my DDH rhythm at Devil’s Dyke.

By Jill Pringle August 18, 2019 In hip dysplasia, South Downs Way, Walking 0 devils dyke, fulking 0

Yesterday I made it to the 66-mile mark on the South Downs Way. I’m walking to raise awareness of hip dysplasia – a condition like over 1 in 1000 people that I was born with.

Over half-way. Looking back on our right to roam.

By Jill Pringle August 4, 2019 In hip dysplasia, South Downs Way, Walking 0 hip dysplasia, right to roam 0

One week after my most difficult walk, I was back in the Amberley valley feeling much more relaxed. This walk was to be an exciting one, because it took me past the half-way point of the South Downs Way.