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Aug 2020
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Ready steady mums, a group for new parents to meet up and go for a walk with their babies, is back up and walking.
The group, which 'actively embraces motherhood' had to stop its weekly meet-ups due to coronavirus. But four months on, it has now been able to resume, with many new mums who had their babies during lockdown joining the established group.
Rasheen, who lives in Harrogate, told us that it has really helped to talk to other mums that have been through a similar experience.
The group meets at 10am every Friday on the Stray, on the corner of Milton Way close to Leeds Road. Parents are asking to bring hand gel, a picnic rug and drink/ flask.
Set up in spring 2016, the group previously met weekly at St Mark's Church to walk a circular route together, returning to the church for tea, coffee and cake afterwards. Many of the attendees went every week while their babies were young.
Now, at the end of the 40-minute walk, which goes around the Stray, the group sit and have a picnic together on the Stray.
Frances Langford, who was a midwife in Harrogate for 30 years, said the group helps both the physical and mental health of parents:
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