Long Walk to School

[belhamwalk]

hey guys, I'm thinking of moving my son and the new school is far away! the walk in the morning will be about 30/35 mins... it says on google maps it is 25 but thats at an adults speed.
What do you think? Our current school is 17 mins according to google maps but it does feel quite far! then again its been great for my son to get the exercise....

That's the same distance as my DC's old junior school (and lots of people walked from further away than us). So I can't really see any problem ... you could always cycle to reduce the time taken?

I don’t think it’s an issue. Might be hard to motivate yourself when the weather is bad though!

My dc are 6 and 9 now. Our walk takes 30-35 mins. Was closer to 45 when they were younger. (It's 1.2 miles )

Yes it seems far...most parents at school refuse to walk even half that distance but we're all used to it now and get on with it and chat along the way.

You could always go down the scooter route, ours was about that far and they managed fine even the just 2 year old who refused to sit in the pushchair!!!!

How old is your son? If he's very little, he could scoot or sit in a child's seat on the back of your bicycle. Later, he'll be able to ride himself. You'll both adapt to the distance, and you can wrap up against the cold. Rain can be more of a problem so you will probably need to think carefully if you live in a very wet part of the country, but otherwise I think it should be ok.

Also, if you have other children, you will need to coordinate after-school clubs carefully - otherwise you'll no sooner have arrived home with one child than it will be time to go out again to fetch the other one.

Only you can know if your child can cope with that distance.
I would focus on why you're moving and how it's going to be better at the school (rather than the journey.)