Yes, I think you're right. Pre-pandemic, we used to go for walks a lot at weekends but they almost always involved driving or getting a bus somewhere else to walk, and we only did the local walks occasionally. The last year has made very very glad to live where I do, though! (I think that Oxford in general is pretty good - even in the city centre there's lots of green space and pocket-sized nature reserves in the more urban suburbs - but being on the edge is good.)

(Also, for about a month "offroad walking" was basically "putting on wellies and wading through mud".)