To think I could walk to work and back in nicer weather?

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New job is, according to Google maps, 2.3 miles away and the estimated walking time is 53mins.

It's a nice walk there, downhill to the riverside then along and up a little at the end. Obviously the walk home would be harder!

Anyone walk a distance like this?

Nb am hideously bad at cycling so that's a no go!

I always think of that one with LB!

Google Maps says mine is 2.5 miles and would take me 49mins to walk.

The quickest I've walked it is 36 mins!! Normally takes me 40mins at a brisk pace. I try to walk 3 times a week. I need the car the other two days to go straight from work to a class.

Go for it OP! I try and walk to/from work everyday when I can - it's about 30-40mins and definitely helps me physically and mentally. Impromptu visits to the pub for a cheeky drink after work are also much easier.

Worth noting that our council policy with secondary school kids is that they are expected to walk (on a safe route - so not cross country!) for up to 3 miles no problem. Only when they live over 3 miles away is a bus put on to get them home.

I live about a mile from a bus garage. I often see people standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus that is heading for the garage. I can walk there a lot more quickly than the bus can get there in the rush hour. Once you factor in the waiting time, I can usually beat the bus even out of rush hour. It's mysterious to me why more people don't walk, if they're fit enough and not encumbered by luggage, slow toddlers etc etc.

I can see a walking forum coming up!!

Limited, you and William Wordsworth!

If only, HarrietVane99. I understand the obsession of working out a personal best for covering a certain distance. I've done that. Busy, busy, busy like . But it is pretty mindless so I also enjoy walking, or ambling and stopping and staring like WH Davies.

I took that picture in March 2012 just before the clocks changed for spring. We're moving into that time of year and I always find it full of hope.

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I walk about that far, it takes 35mins. I do get the bus home though as the walk involves a footpath through a field and I don't fancy that in the dark coming home. In the summer though I might walk both ways.

Me too limited, your photo is beautiful. Getting a dog has been the best thing that happened to me because of the enforced walking. I've always loved walking but live too far from work and I think it's the daily, enforced thing that makes it work. I just have to take the dog out, whatever the weather. But in the last year I've taken delight in spotting early signs of the seasons and light changing, met so many people and am sleeping better than ever. Do it OP.

I hate walking

Definitely do it, OP.

I currently work in Glasgow and have a flat which is 1.7 miles (according to Google Maps) from where I have to get to in the city centre to catch a bus to the office.

In the morning I walk into the city, stopping in at the gym on the way, before then heading to the bus afterwards.

On the way home I normally just walk straight back, unless I need to pop into (one of the many round these parts) Tesco or Sainsbury's for something.

I wear good trainers and use a rucksack instead of a handbag.

FWIW, Google tells me that the 1.2 mile walk to the gym will take 27 minutes (it takes me 18) and the 1.7 mile walk will take 36 minutes (it takes 30, but I have to stop more for traffic on the way back at 5.45pm, hence the different speeds. There's bugger all traffic at 5.45am!).

It sets me up nicely for the day, and then clears my head on the way home. I'm going to miss having this routine when my secondment ends, as I'll go back to a 27 mile commute by car, which I detest.

I hate walking that's a shame.

"I see very few people walking to work- all in cars and buses"

My office is typically...

4-5 cyclists*
2-3 walkers
1-2 bus riders
1 x driver

*One cycle ride is mixed with train journey.

Isn't it cool we're all different & like different things.

I adopted a cat Giddyaunt18. He was strictly indoor before but we started to go for walks together a few months after he came to live with me. I'd lived here for 20 years but never met so many people as when he started walking me

You need to get out and meet people, even if it's just to nod and say hello, and a dog (or cat) is a fantastic icebreaker.

Definitely do it - I used to walk an hour to work at one time. You will feel so much better, mentally and physically, when you get to work

I have been known to walk up to 8 miles a day, but that's my job! I'd do it, your fitness will get a boost and you'll lose weight (not that you need to!)

Do it! I had about that distance commute and no car. The bus took at least 45 min at rush hour which was the same as walking. Was the fittest I've ever been and I really enjoyed it

husky Oh i doo

YANBU, 53 minutes in nice weather is really not that much.
I live 5 minutes from work but I have to walk 35 minutes in opposite direction to drop DS at nursery then back on myself to get back for work. Unfortunately I don't drive so have to do this in all weathers but when it's dry and sunny too, the walk feels like nothing especially when I've got my music on.

My husband walks 2.2 miles to work and back, each way takes about 45 mins. He actually walks in winter and cycles in summer. (Road is too potholey and busy to cycle in the wet and dark)

A brisk walking pace used to be 4 mph. Does everyone walk much more slowly now? I can't see how 2 1/2 miles could take nearly an hour.

I live and work in central London, about 4 miles apart. I often walk home when I can do so in daylight, and love it. Takes about 90 minutes.

I walk just under 3 miles to work most days and it takes ma around 45 minutes, as opposed to a 10/15 minute drive. However, the benefits are well worth it. It's a great time for just thinking andletting your mind wander. Walking back is harder, but it is also a stress buster because you can walk off the frustrations of the day.

Maybe google maps is assuming everyone is dawdling along because they're glued to their phone and not looking where they are going?

Do it.

It's good for the body, good for the mind and good for the soul. I've hatched some of my best plans on the walk into work

I walk much faster than everyone else I cut thru crowds like knife thru water and I struggle to walk faster than 3mph. (shrug)

It doesn't matter. I hope OP enjoys her walks. Comfy shoes a must!