Unlike so many I see on my daily walk the phone stays in my pocket (unless I am taking a photo) and I keep my head held high even when I am in a middle of a ‘grief burst’. Fortunately though most walks now I am sufficiently distracted by my lovely walking companions, my audiobook or what is around me. The latter is part of the joy of walking, which is why I am always sad when I see so many walking whilst looking down at their phones. They are missing so much of the world around them plus they are a hazard to other pedestrians. Both Robert and I just stop walking and wait for them to look up and move around us, rather than us stepping out of their way! Amazingly it works.
PS Before I get any lectures on walking with headphones, I use bone conduction headphones so am never unaware of traffic around me or joggers coming up behind!
The life of B 
Keep enjoying your walks Becky!
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thanks, I try to 🙂
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I ama stop and wait person as well. The look of surprise is sometimes worth it 🙂
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Love your tree picture. Our leaves are all long gone. As to the phone. I always walk with mine as I walk in the middle of nowhere and on rough ground so in case I need it I have it. I do take photos with it but then stick it away. If it pings I ignore it. I love just being present in the moment. Listening to meadowlarks or frogs. Watching the clouds. Smelling the prairie. So I’m with you.
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Looking up is especially beautiful in autumn!
This mine for today:
https://wanderlustig2019.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/walking-around-riegsee-bavaria/
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Love you headphones LOL I like your photo 😀
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Much safer to walk without the distraction of a phone.
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so true, I just don’t get why people can’t put them away for a bit after all very few walk for more than an hour
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Looking up and around is the best way to go… while listening to the chirping of the birds for me! I agree, walking while looking at the phone is so dangerous, I know I did it before…never doing it again. Haha
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ooh that sounds like there is a tale to be told there!
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Haha and an embarrassing one at that.
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I ony use my phone to take photos! Lovely coloured leaves.
Here is my entry:
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I knew we were kindred spirits xx
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My squares are about looking at the horizon 🙂 https://fakeflamenco.com/2022/11/13/walking-near-waubesa/
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another a good place to look 🙂
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I tend to look around a lot when I’m walking, though looking down is advised on rough trails like over lava. I can’t even imagine walking and looking at my phone. I’d walk into something for sure. Here’s mine today: https://grahamsisland.com/2022/11/13/plant-collectors/
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very good point about looking down on rough trails!
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Always good to look up!
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It really is 🙂
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