How far to walk per day
Someone who has walked too far
It is not possible to decide this in the abstract. It all depends on how far it is to the next village and what amenities are there. For us, a short day would be 15km, a long day 35km or more. Most of our very long days have been forced upon us by wrong information about the non-existent facilities in the villages ahead. There is a double pain in this – not only does it mean more hours of walking, but those extra hours are in the hottest part of the day.
On the way to Chablis
On our nine trips to France we have walked about 6,600 kilometres in 282 walking days; which works out to about 23.5 km per day, taking a bit more than five hours per day. Our speed whilst walking is about 5.5 km/hour, but with our many stops for photography, conversation, drinks of water and consultation of the map, our average speed is around 4.75 km/hour.
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