In 2010 Jules Pretty and Jo Barton of the University of Essex published results in the journal “Environmental Science and Technology” showing that mood and self-esteem improved after as little as a five-minute dose of open air exercise. The study found that a walk in a natural area adjacent to water offered people the most improvement.

So get out and River Meander with or without your MP3 copy of the programme.

River Meandering is next broadcast on Sunday 30th January at 10:30am or available to ‘listen again’ on http://www.fromefm.co.uk/ Programmes > Talk > River Meandering