Going on Walks

[Volya]

Do you guys like going on walks? I really enjoy walking around in the outdoors and stuff. I find it even more fun when I go walking over more than one day, and need to carry a tent and food, and all that malarkey. I love being able to sit outside and look at the stars and the sun rise and set :)

[paradoxical]

I love going for walks outdoors, especially in the woods. And I'm all about tent camping. I like to go where there's no one else around. I have a spot at the bottom of some hills next to a lake. Just me and the deer and the owls at night. I think I could live in the woods.

[prendrelemick]

Love it. I'm going up to The Lakes at the end of this month and have a few routes planned.

The days of carring a tent are long gone though, I shall be sleeping in a bed.

[Lokasenna]

I love walking, and try to do it as often as my schedule will allow. I've got several friends who are also keen hikers, so we often arrange to go out somewhere for a whole day. There's nothing quite like a 12 mile hike through the mountains to make you feel alive!

[billl]

I'm in complete agreement, and used to hike on my own along secluded and beautiful trails in the U.S. National Parks every weekend. It's not as convenient where I am now, though.

Anyhow, I thought I'd just speak up for a moment about the pleasures of walking just about anywhere, really. As long as there aren't any interruptions, and one can just keep trudging, and the mind can wander and mix and produce along the way, I can generally find rewarding and invigorating (and relaxing!) satisfaction in a walk in the city park, along a suburban sidewalk, or even along city streets.

Nature is the best, of course; and going alone is maybe not for everyone, but something I really enjoy. Just generally speaking, though, walking is a great way to muse, reflect, and just basically get some thinking done.

[prendrelemick]

I can't risist the next horizen. I have to get there and look over it.

[Volya]

It's cool to see so many other people enjoy it :)

[LitNetIsGreat]

Yes I like to walk. I do a bit of walking from time to time in the Peak District - the camping thing would be good but I've never really done that much. I prefer to bike than walk though simply because the distance you can cover is much greater. Yesterday I went on a great ride from Scarborough to Whitby and back, calling at Robin Hood's Bay (beautiful place) that's a round trip of near 50 mile going steady and you can't do that on foot.

[Emil Miller]

Although I live in London I am within a 40 minute train journey to beautiful countryside that might as well be 100 miles away. I have walked over it for years but not as often as previously. I have a very comfortable pair of walking shoes that always seem to take me to some nice little hostelry for a couple of pints. I like to get away from the mob and let the silence ease away the pressures of living in what must be the most overcrowded city in the world.

[TurquoiseSunset]

I love walking, but I almost never do it. When I do it's with my mom in the surrounding neighbourhood (for exercise and a chat - we live close to each other). I'm too scared to walk alone, but I see a lot of people do it. I always imagine being attacked (by a person or an animal). I can't help it.

The only times I walk alone is when I go to the West Coast (a few times a year) and walk on the beach. Even then I debate wether or not to take pepper spray.

Anxiety issues much?

[Delta40]

I walk at the beach and it's a fair walk from the city underground to my workplace. The pub life here in Oz is nothing like England and nobody in their right mind would walk and drink. There are too many k's between each pub for starters and they are awful places to be.

[Emil Miller]

I walk at the beach and it's a fair walk from the city underground to my workplace. The pub life here in Oz is nothing like England and nobody in their right mind would walk and drink. There are too many k's between each pub for starters and they are awful places to be.

This reminds me of a great cartoon by Jak a few years ago in the London Evening Standard after an American soldier shot and killed an emu that strolled onto a Australian firing range on National Emu Day. The incident caused a bit of a storm and Jak drew a pub in the background of the cartoon that had a sign on the door saying 'No Poofters and no Sheilas'.

[YesNo]

There are too many k's between each pub for starters and they are awful places to be.

What are "k"s?

I usually walk to the library every day which takes about 15 minutes each way. It's a nice place to stop even if I have no intention of reading anything. Often I go through the park behind the town homes we live in which adds another 45 minutes to the walk. On the weekends, there is a large forest preserve with bike trails that I bike or sometimes walk.

I don't walk briskly, so this may have minimal physical exercise benefit. My main goal is to see how long I can pay attention to the world around me without my mind distracting me.

[Emil Miller]

What are "k"s?

I usually walk to the library every day which takes about 15 minutes each way. It's a nice place to stop even if I have no intention of reading anything. Often I go through the park behind the town homes we live in which adds another 45 minutes to the walk. On the weekends, there is a large forest preserve with bike trails that I bike or sometimes walk.

I don't walk briskly, so this may have minimal physical exercise benefit. My main goal is to see how long I can pay attention to the world around me without my mind distracting me.

I don't think that not walking briskly is relevant; it's just the act of walking at all that is beneficial and it doesn't have to be in any particular environment as far as the exercise itself is concerned. Obviously a walk in nice surroundings is more enjoyable than in a downtown city environment but even there a walk is good for anyone.

[Volya]

What are "k"s?



Kilometres.

[YesNo]

Ah, kilometers! That makes sense. I usually abbreviate it as "km". At first I thought she meant "kangaroos", and so I had to ask.

I used to walk over a mile from the train to the place I worked in downtown Chicago some years ago. I lost 15 pounds with that job. :)

[Paulclem]

I like walking and I wish I could do more of it. I'd like to do more cycling too for leisure. We'll see.

[Delta40]

Ah, kilometers! That makes sense. I usually abbreviate it as "km". At first I thought she meant "kangaroos", and so I had to ask.

Lol of course Kangaroos! How do you think we got the metric system down under? 25 bounces to the mile equals a kilometre I reckon :toetap05:

[Calidore]

Here in Chicago, the concept of walking is a pretty good way to separate city dwellers from suburbanites. The suburban people--especially those who live in mall-and-townhouse/condo burbs--are aghast at the thought of walking anywhere, while here in the city, the idea of driving a few blocks to the convenience store is equally boggling.

I run into the same thing when visiting my friend in downstate Edwardsville. She told me once that people drive everywhere down there, and even when gas prices shot up, they still did. She and I would walk around, and nobody else was on the sidewalks anywhere. Every traffic light has a "Push for walk signal" buttons, because that signal is hardly used. There's a jogging/bike path that threads through the town where you can see people not driving, but that's about it.

[YesNo]

Here in Chicago, the concept of walking is a pretty good way to separate city dwellers from suburbanites. The suburban people--especially those who live in mall-and-townhouse/condo burbs--are aghast at the thought of walking anywhere, while here in the city, the idea of driving a few blocks to the convenience store is equally boggling.


I've noticed that also. Often I'm the only one walking on the streets. There usually are more people walking in the parks, but they first drive to the parks and then walk. I walk to the parks, the train station, the library, stores, restaurants. Anywhere under 30 minutes is close enough to walk. However, if I have to take the kids with me, we get in the car.

[Buh4Bee]

I like to walk anywhere in any setting. It's a good for of endorphins. I hate the idea of walking and camping together. I really don't care for camping. It's a drag to associate walking and camping together.

[YesNo]

Yeah, camping seems too much like work.

[OrphanPip]

I hate walking, but I don't own a car, guess I'm stuck with it.

[Calidore]

My family went camping once when I was a kid, and it ended up a total disaster (tent-destroying thunderstorm plus swimmer's itch). I've never been tempted to try again.

[Varenne Rodin]

I love walking and hiking. There are wolves, mountain lions and rattlesnakes in the area, so it's a little scary sometimes, but I like that too.


I like walking and I wish I could do more of it. I'd like to do more cycling too for leisure. We'll see.

You can do it, Clem! I have hope for you.

[Quatermain]

I walk a lot, mostly because I have a fairly sedentary job and I don't want to end weighing three hundred pounds like some of my co-workers. I'm not a big fan of exercise for exercise's sake, so my walks generally have a point to them. I'll walk down to the neighborhood deli to get some bread or cheese, or to the bank to dump my paycheck in, that sort of thing. Plus, a walk is always a good excuse to smoke a cigar, too.

[Kafka's Crow]

I have done a lot of walking in Cornwall and it is absolutely stunning. I like walking in Lake District as well. I have a young labrador retriever and have thousands of audiobooks which keep me company on my long walk.

[Shevek]

I love walking (and bicycling) along the Trans Canada Trail. Anywhere in nature, really. Especially after a fresh rain.

[Delta40]

When I go back to the UK next year, I'll walk in the Lake District. I wish I lived in the country here because down south is absolutely beautiful and the Jarrah and Karri forests are to die for.