What was I saying? with Joanie & Anne

Episode 20 - Sore bum, national award nominations & a cheeky wee Belgian Bun

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:32:00 GMT

This week's episode - Sore bum, national award nominations & a cheeky wee Belgian Bun.

This week poor Joan’s got a sore bum but Anne’s Nordic pole proves quite the therapy. Want quick, healthy frozen meals…… Anne’s Stocked is the answer. Joan’s going to give it a go and report back how it compares with Hello Fresh. The Teams being nominated for a national award and the girls are planning a big out. Padel is now available at Crieff Hydro but is currently a bit chilly for our lassies. And the ‘Soup Off’ gauntlet has been thrown down.

www.stockedfood.com

https://www.walkingfootballscotland.org/news/wfs-womens-team-of-the-year-shortlist-announcement

info@algarvefootballtours.com - Eurocopa

Our email address: WWISPodcast@outlook.com

Episode 19 - Sand in yer pants in, Secadas in yer flaps, football fun in the sun for ‘mature’ women

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:33:00 GMT

A successful footie trip isn’t just based on the results. Anne & Joanie are just back from a tournament in the Algarve with a load more memories and tales to recount. New pals & old, new sports & old, playing in the sea like they did a lifetime ago. Hanging out with supportive & inspirational women has so many benefits. And what a joy it is to keep meeting more. That might be with football women on & off the pitch, or at a Good For You Club lunch. Women who help themselves by saying ‘yes’ to opportunities & also preparing today for what tomorrow may bring, is a great example for us all.

https://thriva.co/

https://www.bluecrestwellness.com/

https://www.naturesbest.co.uk/products/magasorb-magnesium-citrate-powder

Episode 18 - Anne’s overdosed on Vitamin D & Joan’s joyous (again) over plums & everything else Autumn

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:34:00 GMT

Anne’s overdosed on Vitamin D & Joan’s joyous (again) over plums & everything else Autumn.

Joanie presents feedback on Franks plumbs. A football team day out to Edinburgh to ‘embrace’ modern art - we will never forget that giant newborn girl. Lovely lunch, a wee drink, a shot at culture and a big walk. Active ageing at its best. The latest in home blood analysis - Anne’s at the DIY and got the results in 48 hours! Joan’s ordered cow fat skin cream to deal with the onset of colder weather & central heating. Anne’s got us stepping up to take part in Empty Chairs initiative 👏👏 & Joanie’s been ranting on the radio (again).

defiancesport.com

www.bluecrestwellness.com

www.fatcowskin.com

https://thriva.co/

Ep 17 - interview with Cindy Halliday (age 69), football coach of the year, personal trainer, military wife.

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:32:00 GMT

Interview with Cindy Halliday, age 69, football coach of the year, personal trainer, military wife. Cindy is planning 7 x 10k to celebrate her 70th birthday year!

She has moved 17 times as a military wife and sport and fitness featured heavily in every posting and help her transition to civiy life. She follows a healthy diet, few supplements and lots of milk! Makes her own granola recipe to follow on our socials.

We selected to play for Scotland's Walking Football team this summer.

Episode 16 - Anne's sports bra fail, last minute goals and swinging exercises!

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:35:00 GMT

Laughs with Susan Calman, but Joanie’s not enticed to start cruising. We get lost going to & from Gleneagles, and Anne ‘loses’ her locker key (that’s on her wrist). Anne’s being cultural (without you know who) and her memory ring has failed. Hear Joanie’s feedback on participating in the latest NHS health programme. The Saintees equalise in the 96th minute & it’s just two weeks till our Eurocopa trip. If you’re just starting on an Active Ageing journey why not start easy with swinging exercises.

BMI - https://www.facebook.com/reel/1031263732942337

Episode 15 - Prince Charles in his simmit, sweary messages from the spirit world and walking football at 72 tales from Eleanor Walker!

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:32:46 GMT

Eleanor shares her struggles, trying to play football as a young girl and her awareness at that age of ‘happenings’ (name given to early spirit encounters). Two key parts of her which were unacceptable & discouraged at that time. We learn about her career as a bobbie, some famous encounters, and her journey as a spiritualist medium and the privilege it is to bring messages to loved ones. This is a lady that takes ownership of her own health and explains how walking football even after reconstruction knee surgery makes her feel 40 years younger! Enjoy.

Episode 14 - Grannie's financial planning comes good, Joanie's new rash and a magic ring!

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:33:00 GMT

Whilst Annie’s cruising, Joan’s developed a new rash. One's pickleballing in Portugal, the others falling off her bike In Tentsmuir Forrest. Anne’s invested in an external memory for her brain - and she keeps it on her finger. Joan’s got the ok to retire next year & is grateful for her Grannies words of financial wisdom. Anne’s worse the ware from a giant holiday beer check out her photo on our instagram.

And due to the current world crisis do we want our wee island split up? No we do not. England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales needs to stand together within the UK parliament.

www.repebble.com - Pebble Ring

https://saltandpine.co.uk/

Episode 13 - Anne and Joanie reminisce and launch Blasts fae the past!

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT

Part 2 (fae last week)

We’re keeping things fresh with a new Section “Blasts fae the Past”. Sparked by an old photo, Joan looks out P1 & P2 story books. See the early personality develop but can Anne make sense of the early spelling? Listener feedback ... we’d love to hear from you. Please drop a comment on Spotify or a review on Apple, or even some banter on our Instagram or Tiktok. And remember, if you have a genuine opportunity to boost someone’s day, give them that compliment

Episode 12 - Anne’s braless at Perthshire's grandest hotel & Spa & Joanie’s breaking into her own home

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:33:00 GMT

We have blethered so much today, we’re splitting the podcast over two weeks. So this week it’s just ‘What’s the Craic’ & ‘Our week in Walking Football’. The rest will follow next week.

This week hear how getting a sweat on can hinder boobie control. Anne’s not so husky and Joan’s got to learn how to chop logs. What have we been watching on TV and the latest Saga gadgets. If the ECG machine says yer man or woman is unwell, there’s always a robotic hoover. Propping up the walking football league table & Jeanfield Swifts (completely unrehearsed) singing tribute to Dolly Parton. RIP inspirational lovely kind lady of Country.

Links https://www.proscenic.com/products/updated-version-proscenic-q10

https://store.alivecor.co.uk/

Episode 11 - Anne's mobility pole purchase and Joan's snoring fix!

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:32:00 GMT

Anne’s had the lurgy & honed a deep, raspy voice. She’s bought a Nordic pole & will be documenting her attempts at deep stretching on our social media channels (see links below). Or will it go to the gym stuff graveyard in her attic. Joan’s been getting her tuppence worth on the radio (again). Hear their TV recommendations for the week.

Joan’s snoring problem appears alleviated, happy days. How she keeps the budgies in the dark for a peaceful nights sleep. What does women supporting women actually mean? And can Chat GPD help ……. NO! The girls have a good rant & are available for Councils & Governments to tell them how they could be doing better. But alls well that end well - Anne has made a jelly.

Apologies for the rants at the end! Oops.

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https://www.instagram.com/activeageing_what_was_i_saying/

https://www.tiktok.com/@activeageing?_r=1&_t=ZN-99BFBrDAhx0

Episode 10 - red light in the window, tap....less bathing and useful drink from Mormon country?

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT

This week we talk about very different trips to the big smoke. Joanie’s had a tapless bath (not run by Alexa….yet) and Anne’s loving the Wardrobe Wizard. Brain & space saving, what’s not to love.

Dining out in Costco and Anne brings back her alter Ego from Cyprus 23 (Killer Annie) and puts wee Debbie on her arse. Anne’s jelly making disaster & Joan's joy of proper butter & milk. Natural death from a shotgun, I don’t think so. New players joining Jeanfield & loving it. Jeanfield Rose kits getting prepared for Eurocopa in October, cannae wait. And the Playcation ‘27……sold out within 2 months & more than doubled the number of women attending. What a trip that’s going to be. Bairns travelling on the train for £1 & where does that name come from?

www.drinkoshun.co

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s34f

Episode 9 - holiday tales, party capers and Anne's big breestie bikini from the coop!

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:34:00 GMT

In this episode we talk about our very different recent holidays & Joan's allergic reaction just in time for a very special event. We rejoice in Saints 4-3 victory over Kilmarnock, and Joan finds herself bathless. Hats off to Andrea & Jackie having another amazing party - this years theme - Scotland.

Anne tells how she went in to a coop in Denmark for a bottle of juice and came out with a £9.99 bikini purchase instead!

Exciting updates from Walking Football Scotland re National Team pathway.

Anne’s latest confession - an attic full of barely used gym equipment. Not in Joan’s house! Everything is getting organised or binned, including the wedding dungarees. And should we be saying “yes” to new things? Definitely…….. but not to drugs.

Links

Wardrobe organiser

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hangers-Clothes-Wardrobe-Organise-Multicolor/dp/B0DHL7LQ19/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?adgrpid=187471247898&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.c3t6aVB5_QTHjzhWPxuy2oYOMt7J8hd42qrqiQ43-1YrlgI1e2WmOGzlLPht-r_EmyPXkd-PVb__183DFb9S7JweoStZZRHHz8m-Y8PH8WsbnlT2h6SXYkk3xhAC1a-9TgUgKWM40P0iYWcESsGBxsvp-H67UH2uNtUVlpzLc7wG3ibqBOyKeZR2DxDfFEDIpz1v6d2jIjvyz83ZcH1H4Q.JoV27mKHE1J5sXQVMZTqEM9ZF6sdRMCpFgDt18VC-Rc&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=793519464464&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9046855&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=266828161701522661--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=266828161701522661&hvtargid=kwd-312892259700&hydadcr=26194_2916459_374658&keywords=wardrobe+wizard&mcid=56e99b1bd6873764a049a1d2a4394e4d&qid=1786462538&sr=8-1-spons&aref=AQ9vw5I8et&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

Cruise from Dundee

https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/no-fly-cruises/cruises-from-dundee/

Walking holiday Dolimites

https://www.inghams.co.uk/walking-holidays/destinations/italy/the-dolomites/selva

Episode 8 - World Cup chat, synchronised hot flushing and favourite 7 inch battery operated fan!

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT

In this episode Joanie stressing about not being packed yet from her holidays! Anne discusses her favourite - 7”, 5 speed, battery operated 'fan' ;-)

We chat about her week which included a rare run in the woods at weekend.

Joan her some advice at the end which she was clearly not following!

Episode 7 - Our first interview with a legend of walking football in Scotland, Vivian Wallace MBE.

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:03:00 GMT

In this episode Joanie and Anne do their first interview with a legend of walking football in Scotland, Vivian Wallace MBE.

Vivian introduced walking football in the Edinburgh area in 2012 and soon got involved in the formation of Walking Football Scotland, where she served on the board for a number of years.

She has always be a great advocate of the women's game and plays herself in the Midlothian women's team. All of us in the walking football community in Scotland have a lot to thank Vivian for and it was only fitting she was recognised in recent years with an MBE.

We finished by discussing how we hope to help develop the game in the north of Scotland where at the moment there are no registered women's teams, which is such a shame.

Your comments are welcome.

www.walkingfootballscotland.org

Episode 6 - Ladies that lunch, boobies, bras and posh sandals!

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:47:08 GMT

In this episode, after years of nagging, Anne finally visits a ‘proper’ bra shop to get measured. Doubling her cup size! It’s so important to wear the correct size ladies. Lift & Separate = Comfort & Joy 😁.

Playcation 2027 launched, 50% of places booked in first 2 days!

Best £20 you’ll spend, it could save your life …… a blood pressure monitor. How do Anne and Joan measure up. And finally take time to smell the roses - you’re in charge.

Episode 5 - Over 60s Walking Football finalists & Scandinavian sojourns

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:27:00 GMT

In this episode we nearly lose the will to live trying to work the technology, post an update. 4 hours to get the mics to work 👵👵. We discuss making our mark in Malmo - walking football & spreading the joy. How to protect your loved ones from spiking. The best day spent with pals in Copenhagen - the Magical Tivoli Gardens. It’s true girls, dance like no one’s watching (and if they are, who cares).

Episode 4 - Creatine, cheese graters, care home grooves and Joanie's Saga subscription

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:42:03 GMT

In this episode, Anne shares the joy of ……kitchen appliances 🤷‍♀️ and Joan tells us about her Saga magazine subscription and finally gets a 4 wheeled suitcase.

We discuss the latest in our walking football world and talk about our upcoming trip to Malmo to play in the Sweden Cup over 60s.

Anne shares her love of creatine!

Joan wants to know what core life skills your mum taught you. Comment below.

https://ancientandbrave.earth/

info@algarvefootballtours.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092135407695 - Jeanfield Swifts women's walking football

www.goodforyouclub.org

www.walkingfootballscotland.org

facebook.com/groups/perthshirelocalgroup/permalink/37184680797812629/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=QzK5u1QowMXD5BM3# - Ochill Rewind event

Episode 3 - Scotland reach the semi finals & let’s talk about prostates

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:18:06 GMT

In this episode, Anne shares the joy of ……furniture 🤷‍♀️ and Joan tells us all about travelling to Switzerland to represent Scotland in the UEFA Walking Football Euro Cup.

Staycations in Findhorn, walking football’s contribution to David Wetherspoons testimonial & his famous “Spoony Chop”.

We respond to a request from a walking football male pal to share the importance of getting a PSA test.

And Joanie’s recommendation for an early morning alarm call.

https://goodforyouclub.org/

https://www.walkingfootballscotland.org/

https://www.prostatescotland.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/people/David-Wotherspoon-Testimonial-Year/61586715326961/

Episode 2 - Women's walking football playcation & how to fight off a wasp!

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:22:57 GMT

We’re back! And it’s all thanks to huge demand... well, okay, two of the lads from the Scone walking football team absolutely loved our pilot episode, so we're counting that as a win! 🤣

In this episode, we are buzzing to give you a full update on the first-ever women's walking football "playcation" in the Algarve last week. We actually came up with this crazy concept last year, and it turned out to be a massive success! ☀️⚽

Plus, Joan is getting closer to the big 6-0 and has just discovered some game-changing hair appliances and products that she can't stop raving about. And you won't want to miss her unique technique for dealing with angry wasps—it's a lifesaver! 🐝

Pilot episode - Joanie and Anne enter world of podcasting!

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:54:23 GMT

Meet Joanie and Anne, two Scottish lassies of a "certain age" who are officially diving into the world of podcasting!

It has taken us a wee while to actually get here. Wrestling with all this modern technology hasn't been easy for a couple of oldies, but we got there in the end!

We really hope you enjoy our very first attempt. Please be kind, but we would absolutely love your feedback. Our hope is just to get a tiny bit better with every single episode.

We are on a mission to promote women's walking football and chat about the massive benefits of keeping active and socialising as you get older. Along the way, we will be sharing some handy lifestyle tips, interviewing some brilliant people, and hopefully spreading a little joy to put a smile on your face.