Like walking, running or wheeling? Why not use your next walk to help create a national walking network that we can all enjoy? Here's a thread of ways you can #GiveAHike and help with #SlowWays! Ready? 1. Help spread the word and share this tweet! 🐌

2. Get started ⭐️ Choose a route from our website ⭐️ Walk, run or wheel it ⭐️ Share a review on the website ⭐️ Repeat! Take a look here Click on the lines to explore the map and find routes.

3. Help connect your community Nottingham & Brighton are both 100% connected to the #SlowWays network as people have checked all their routes. Help get your local town to 100% too! ⚡️ Find a place ⚡️ Walk a route ⚡️ Explore your area ⚡️ Make connections

4. Go further! Use #SlowWays to plan a longer journey! Here's some inspiration and tools to help. 🌎 Routing - Find direct ways between two places in the network 🌍 Journey Planner - Click on routes and save them into a waylist

5. Enjoy a checked and verified route If you want to walk a route that's already been checked by 3 or more people, take a look at these 1,000+ verified route

6. Give a route its snail! Routes that have 3+ positive reviews can become "verified" #SlowWays can are awarded a snail 🐌✅ This map shows route that just need 1 or 2 people to verify 🐌✅ them. Easy pickings.

7. Trailblaze a pioneer route There are lots and lots of suggested #SlowWays routes that have not been checked by anyone yet. Feeling adventurous? Why no try one of these *The map might take a while to load!

8. Go deeper and help more people Most people just walk and review routes. Others go deeper by surveying and grading routes. 1Y routes are highly accessible 👩‍🦽🏃🏽‍♂️🦮 ✅ verified and surveyed routes ✅ 1Y routes so far

9. Help to fill gaps in the network This map shows suggested routes that bridge gaps in the verified network. Could you help to check a route and make a strategic connection? The shortest route is less than 3km, others are much longer! Take a look

10. Join a led walk We've teamed-up with some great groups and organisations to offer free led walks on #SlowWays - perfect if you want to meet others and not worry about navigation! Take a look

11. Get a giant map! We've worked with @UrbanGoodCIC to create GIANT maps of the #SlowWays network.. one in English one in Welsh/Scottish Gaelic. 🦜 Plan journeys 🦜 Colour routes you've walked 🦜 Get inspiration 🦜 Just £8

12. Get inspired! We've a small team who love finding and telling stories. Take a look at our stories page for inspiration, wisdom and reflection. We'd love to hear your stories too.

Got questions about #SlowWays? Ask us! Why get involved? ✅ Enjoy a walk, run, wheel, hike ✅ Add to a great national effort ✅ Health, heart, community, climate ✅ Walk 1 or 100 ✅ Solo or together ✅ Help others follow in your footsteps Get started 🐌