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“Thinking like prey”: life as a solo female walker Lucy Thraves’ excellent article on the safety and concerns of solo female walkers (‘Why I took a long walk in response to violence against women’, The Great Outdoors, October 2021) resonated strongly with me.
As a woman who often ventures out alone, I’ve had to adapt plans because of the potential of male aggression – whether that be moving to a more populated train carriage or avoiding jogging in the dark. Most women, I’m sure, have done the same.
Yet this need for adaptations has, for me, had the greatest impact in my…