04 May 2025
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Women Who Walk, a social group founded by Sophie and Lisa for women looking to meet new people, make friends and enjoy the great outdoors: @womenwho_walk
Where do you walk when you want to think?
Sophie: The Munden Estate in Bricket Wood, a lovely circular walk and it’s always very quiet.
Lisa: I love getting out to the mountains, ideally Snowdonia or the Lakes.
Where do you go to listen to music?
Sophie: You can find us in The Boot whenever there’s live music on! And The White Swan for more ‘late night’ music.
Lisa: Love the Ye Olde Fighting Cocks when they have music outside in the garden.
Do you ever Google yourself?
Sophie: Ha ha, only ‘Women Who Walk’ to check our SEO!
Lisa: I tend to Google other people, it’s good to check them out.
CD, vinyl, download or streaming?
Soph: Streaming. “Alexa! Play country!” is the most used phrase in my house
Lisa: Vinyl, love using my record player.
What is your most-missed St Albans shop, pub, café or restaurant?
Sophie: I used to love the Bell, it was so great when I was a teenager.
Lisa: Batchwood nightclub, bring it back!
Where do you buy your coffee in St Albans?
Sophie: Silver Palate every time!
Lisa: Nkora, best coffee in town.
Where do you most like to have a picnic in St Albans?
Sophie: It’s got to be the Abbey Orchard! Watching people come and go whilst eating Silver Palate sandwiches.
Lisa: In Verulamium Park, watching the photographers trying to snap the Kingfisher.
What’s the first thing you do after you’ve woken up in the morning?
Sophie: Feed my two cats and make a green tea.
Lisa: Hop straight in the shower.
What’s your favourite place to have breakfast in St Albans?
Sophie: TOAST, hands down.
Lisa: Hatch, love their food, so delicious.
What’s your favourite hidden gem in the district?
Sophie: The Brocket Arms, it’s not such a hidden gem but there’s a walk there I love from Sandridge and it always feels so good when you see the Brocket Arms after hiking through fields to get there!
Lisa: Punchin’ Palooka’s secret garden, great suntrap.
