whats the furthest you've ever walked?

LighterGuy · 05-05-2011 03:16AM #1

I'm Remembering on 3 sperate times I walked from Dublin's city centre to blanchardstown. Took me roughly around 2 hours 45 mins each time. Was wrecked.

Whats yours?

(and no running doesnt count :P :pac: )

landsleaving · 05-05-2011 03:19AM

For about 5 hours on a few occasions - in mountainy, valleyish type places. From Blanchardstown to Maynooth and back was a bit of a trek too, can't remember how long it took. Obviously I have no clue about distance so I'm just going to go by time.

Walking is fun. Though walking from town (WHICH TOWN?) to Blanch is not.

Warchild aka Lupton_Pittman · 05-05-2011 03:22AM

Saw a documentary about a guy who walked from Portugal to Istanbul over a year. He had to quit in Bulgaria because he kept getting shot at from cars driving past (everyone owns a gun in Bulgaria).

Chnandler Bong · 05-05-2011 03:23AM

I'm in a wheelchair:(

TheDukeOfEarl · 05-05-2011 03:23AM

I walked roughly 3 hours one night after missing a bus home. It was pitch drunk and I was very very dark.

landsleaving · 05-05-2011 03:26AM

Chnandler Bong wrote: »

I'm in a wheelchair:(

Well, what's the furthest you've ever rolled then? No need to feel left out!

Einhard · 05-05-2011 03:29AM

Pffft, girls the lot of ye. Walked an average of 20km a day for a week doing the Caminio to Santiago de Compostella. Did much the same in Oz walking the Great Ocean Walk (we had no car so couldn't do the road :P).

Local-womanizer · 05-05-2011 03:31AM

26 miles.

Charity walk over mountains,took 10 hours. Slept for 14 hours after and drank for 5 after that.

Charity is fun!

landsleaving · 05-05-2011 03:33AM

Einhard wrote: »

Pffft, girls the lot of ye. Walked an average of 20km a day for a week doing the Caminio to Santiago de Compostella. Did much the same in Oz walking the Great Ocean Walk (we had no car so couldn't do the road :P).

Blanch to Maynooth... 15.7 km according to google maps... and back. 31.4.

F yer fancy Camino de whatchamacallit!

Einhard · 05-05-2011 03:37AM

landsleaving wrote: »

Blanch to Maynooth... 15.7 km according to google maps... and back. 31.4.

F yer fancy Camino de whatchamacallit!

Eh, I forgot to mention that I walked it all on my, er, hands...

Buceph · 05-05-2011 03:51AM

I walked into town, 8 miles, walked around town for about half an hour and walked home again, so I figure close to 20 miles.

AssaultedPeanut · 05-05-2011 03:54AM

16 miles, Howth to Dun Laoighre. Charity thing a few yrs ago.

ElaElaElano · 05-05-2011 03:58AM

Marino, just north of the city (which city whaaa) to Bray, just north of the Wicklow (which Wicklow whaaa). According to google maps it's 22km. All I know is I set off at 4am and got back at about quarter past 8, with kids and business people on their way to work and school, and me looking like the reincarnation of death. If that even makes sense.

Had a fifteen minute nap at the N11 dual carriageway on a bus shelter too, but a Pat the Baker van beeped and woke me up.

vampire of kilmainham · 05-05-2011 04:00AM

Warchild aka Lupton_Pittman wrote: »

Saw a documentary about a guy who walked from Portugal to Istanbul over a year. He had to quit in Bulgaria because he kept getting shot at from cars driving past (everyone owns a gun in Bulgaria).

funny that i have an appartment in bulgaria and go out there fairley often for long periods of time and i never seen or heard of people shooting from cars and not everyone out there ownes a gun

zenno · 05-05-2011 04:01AM

missed the nightlink and had to walk from ranelagh to swords I was in bits after that, big fat blister on my heel for a few day's later.

TaraFoxglove · 05-05-2011 04:06AM

Have you people never heard of taxis?

vampire of kilmainham · 05-05-2011 04:09AM

40 miles doing root marches when i was a rookie training in the army.
a few years later when i was a sgt i took a group of lads over 80miles accross mountiness areas and back we were all wrecked after it we all took a weeks leave to recover...

Jesus Wept · 05-05-2011 04:12AM

500 MILES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0sTNtWDiI

Lanaier · 05-05-2011 04:17AM

City center to Charlesland near Greystones a couple of times.

40 odd km.

zirazira · 05-05-2011 04:32AM

a whole day, from 8:00 am--5:30 pm

zenno · 05-05-2011 05:24AM

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

40 miles doing root marches when i was a rookie training in the army.
a few years later when i was a sgt i took a group of lads over 80miles accross mountiness areas and back we were all wrecked after it we all took a weeks leave to recover...

man I need to get in shape quick if thats the case.

not sure here but how many miles (not K's) would it be to swords mainstreet from ranelagh ?

Lapin · 05-05-2011 05:50AM

Walked from town to Kinvara once.

Probably would have swam it quicker.

Lapin · 05-05-2011 05:52AM

Lapin wrote: »

Walked from town to Kinvara once.

In before anyone else who asks -

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: WHICH TOWN :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Galway.............................................Obviously

Only town that counts.

GrahamThomas · 05-05-2011 07:15AM

Just finished a 13km walk around Vancouver (according to Google Maps), it's a gorgeous evening and I wanted to get out of the house for a few hours.

Walked from Dublin city centre to Cabinteely a few times, not sure how long that took as my concept of time can be dramatically altered by drink!

up for anything · 05-05-2011 07:29AM

Charity walk from Dunmore East to Waterford when I was ten.

I had a boyfriend who walked from Blackrock to Coolock in platforms because he opted to make sure I got home safely thereby missing his bus. I didn't appreciate him enough.

GrahamThomas · 05-05-2011 07:42AM

up for anything wrote: »

I had a boyfriend who walked from Blackrock to Coolock in platforms because he opted to make sure I got home safely thereby missing his bus. I didn't appreciate him enough.

Hold on, your boyfriend was wearing platforms?!

Either:
A) This happened in the 1970's, in which case I'll let him away with it, or

He had seriously questionable tastes in fashion. I think you dodged a bullet by dumping him, TBH :pac:

artanevilla · 05-05-2011 07:46AM

up for anything wrote: »

Charity walk from Dunmore East to Waterford when I was ten.

I had a boyfriend who walked from Blackrock to Coolock in platforms because he opted to make sure I got home safely thereby missing his bus. I didn't appreciate him enough.

I can understand if he did if your username is accurate.

padma · 05-05-2011 08:07AM

walked 48 miles one long day on the camino de santiago, took a wrong turn and had no choice but to keep on walking

up for anything · 05-05-2011 09:03AM

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Hold on, your boyfriend was wearing platforms?!

Either:
A) This happened in the 1970's, in which case I'll let him away with it, or

He had seriously questionable tastes in fashion. I think you dodged a bullet by dumping him, TBH :pac:

1979 and platforms were pretty well out of fashion by then. He was only about 5' in his stocking feet so he clinging to them. He was also only 16 but he had the most beautiful blue eyes fringed with thick black lashes which I used to stare into, so didn't really notice his shoes and herringbone Crombie.

up for anything · 05-05-2011 09:03AM

artanevilla wrote: »

I can understand if he did if your username is accurate.

A shift and no feel. Innocent days. :P

05-05-2011 09:13AM

Used to play 36 holes of golf a day during the summers when i was young so maybe 14km with the bag on the back.. Didn't even feel it back then.

whats the furthest you've ever walked?

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