Walking: The first step to a simpler life

This morning I woke up to the news that over 40% of cancers are caused by avoidable lifestyle choices, that millions of Britons will be taking out ‘payday loans’ in the next six months, and that glaciers in the French alps have lost a quarter of their area in the past 40 years. It wasn’t the most cheerful start to a December day, so I turned the radio off when they started talking about the worsening Eurozone crisis.