“Does shopping count?” asks 82-year-old Geoffrey Murrell.
He and his wife Carole, also 82, say they reach at least 4,500 steps a day simply through everyday tasks like shopping and getting around town.
“We don’t have a car,” Geoffrey says. “Anywhere we go, we walk – we’re on legs!”
The couple usually walk into Bedford for food shopping or catch a bus to Milton Keynes before walking around the shopping centre. Sometimes they’ll stop to chat with neighbours or take a stroll along the river to watch the swans.
Geoffrey, who is receiving treatment for bladder cancer and has diabetes, says on some days he walks even further to attend hospital appointments.