Make Friends And Exercise In Kingston

Hearing about the new

website where you can buy a friend I thought of a group in Kingston that

allows you to make friends without buying them and exercise at the same

time. This group is the Zucchini Walking Club.

The group enjoy

pleasant walks throughout the year in Richmond Park. The walks are

social and fun and a great way to make friends.  In addition they are

informative as their team leader Monica has a great knowledge of nature.

To ensure you get the

benefits of regular exercise the founder of the Club, Azam, decided to set up a system where a

regular donation  or  “membership fee” as little as £5 per month would

be paid directly to one of three charities.  The charities are:

1. Médecins Sans

   Frontieres

2. Save The Children
3. Queen Elizabeth Foundation For Disabled People based in

   Leatherhead

Both the donation and

the weekly “walk of the week” emails act as a motivation to keep

walking.  

On the social side the

group arrange picnics in the Park.  For example last Friday they

arranged a picnic in the Park with food delivered to them from the Spice

Lodge to celebrate the group’s birthday.

The Zucchini Walking

Club got their name as they meet at the Zucchini Shop on 265 Kings road. At the moment the

group meet on Wednesdays at 6pm and Fridays at 6.30pm before setting of

around Richmond Park.  All you need is to wear walking shoes or

trainers, and  you should bring a bottle of water.

More information can

be found on the group’s site at www.zucchiniwalkingclub.co.uk/