Enjoying walks outdoors - more fun facts!

It’s never the wrong weather – only the wrong clothes!

• If you take 9000 steps each day, in a lifetime that is 3.5 trips around the Earth.
• Walking on a rough but level track requires 50% more energy than walking on a paved road.
• Walking around 20-25 miles each week is said to extend your life by a couple of years compared to people who do not walk.
• The verb ‘to walk’ dates back to Old English and originally meant ‘to roll’ or ‘go back and forth’.
• At a steady 3mph without stopping, it takes just under a year to walk the length of the equator or just over nine years to walk to the Moon.