What can you walk to?

[Mikkel]

Very close to me is the bus stop and train station. A grocery, a pharmacy, a dining/pub/food kind of place, a doctor's office (not mine), physiotherapists and a flower/plant shop. In the other direction, a pizza place and a gas station (only gas, no shop or employees) and another train station. There also a church and a gym near by. It's just 10-15 minutes.

A little further you can also play golf, and behind there is the forrest.

 

[Mr Crunchy]

I'm jealous of some of you. The shops near me are crap. I want to to be able to walk to Whole Foods.

There is a New Seasons market about 30 minutes walk from my place. It's our local competitor to WF (but way better). I've walked to it a few times. I love walking.

 

[Tom L.]

From my house: a major chain supermarket; a community garden plot; two libraries; drugstores (which I rarely need to use); several nice, inexpensive restaurants (one vegan, one Chinese, one Indian-Pakistani); a river; a branch of the gym I belong to; a Saturday farmer's market; train tracks where I can watch freight trains go by; a concert hall that sometimes has really good classical or pop concerts; a bank; my sister's house (that's a LONG walk but I've done it); a hospital.

I can walk to work, but it's a 6-mile walk.

From work: another branch of the gym I belong to (much closer than the other one); two museums; banks; more restaurants; my sister's house; neighborhoods where I and my family used to live; two parks.

 

[thefadedone]

a Saturday farmer's market

That must be so nice. Do you go there often?

 

[Poppy]

That must be so nice. Do you go there often?

While I know you were responding to Tom, I walk to my farmers market on most Saturdays. It's the largest fm In the city and has gobs of vendors. I buy veggies, flowers and bread (and candles, pasta, wreaths and an occasional t-shirt!).

 

[Dropkick]

Agree that walking distance is individual to each person. I get a lot of anxiety and fear when walking. Feel very unsafe. Since I don't plan to have a car some day, I'll need to work on flipping getting over that somehow.

Have you considered a bike or a trike?

They're getting close to having a bicycle/walking path that goes from town to town down a large part of the Bitteroot Valley (Montana). This means I'll have a safe way to ride a bike to the store.

As a 70 mile round trip is still quite a bike ride and I'd only be able carry as much as I can fit in a backpack and panniers, I've been considering an adult trike, which can carry a bigger payload. I have no experience with them though.

 

[Kitties]

Have you considered a bike or a trike?

They're getting close to having a bicycle/walking path that goes from town to town down a large part of the Bitteroot Valley (Montana). This means I'll have a safe way to ride a bike to the store.

As a 70 mile round trip is still quite a bike ride and I'd only be able carry as much as I can fit in a backpack and panniers, I've been considering an adult trike, which can carry a bigger payload. I have no experience with them though.

I may do a bike some day. I'll have to look into what a trike is (3 wheeler?) We have bike trails but I wish they were more extensive. Bikes on the road can have their challenges. Two young women were hit and killed on bikes in my town within a few months. Very sad.

 

[Dropkick]

I may do a bike some day. I'll have to look into what a trike is (3 wheeler?)

 

[Moll Flanders]

There is one very good Indian restaurant near me and they can deliver vegan beer with a food order.

ETA I don't walk to it much though, but I could do.

 

[Clueless Git]

The furthest I ever walk from where I live is to a place called Ourgate.

Happily Ourgate leads directly onto Ourdrive which is where I park my car.

 

[Dropkick]

The furthest I ever walk from where I live is to a place called Ourgate.

Happily Ourgate leads directly onto Ourdrive which is where I park my car.

It's like the old riddle "How do you tell a cowboy from a farmer?"
Answer: "The cowboy is the one who rides his horse to cross the street."

 

[Tom L.]

That must be so nice. Do you go there (to the farmer's market) often?

Quite often, yes. It's indoors during the colder months, and outdoors in the warmer ones- but sometimes it's windy and they have trouble setting up outdoors even in warmer weather. I patronize the ones that don't also sell animal products.

 

[Clueless Git]

It's like the old riddle "How do you tell a cowboy from a farmer?"
Answer: "The cowboy is the one who rides his horse to cross the street."

I want a car to drive me to my car, Dk.

If God had meant us to walk places he wouldn't have given us hands that fit steering wheels so well.

 

[thefadedone]

While I know you were responding to Tom, I walk to my farmers market on most Saturdays. It's the largest fm In the city and has gobs of vendors. I buy veggies, flowers and bread (and candles, pasta, wreaths and an occasional t-shirt!).

That sounds so lovely!

Quite often, yes. It's indoors during the colder months, and outdoors in the warmer ones- but sometimes it's windy and they have trouble setting up outdoors even in warmer weather. I patronize the ones that don't also sell animal products.

That's so cool that it's year round like that and that you take advantage of it. Even better that they don't sell animal products!

 

[Dropkick]

I completely forgot the farmers markets (winter has been too long). I have 2 within walking distance during the summer.
One down by the gas station in mid to late summer that is run by Hutterites and another a block away that is mainly locals and a few traveling tradesmen.
On the downside, the local's market is only open Saturday mornings (the parking lot where they have it gets to hot in the afternoon) also it usually doesn't have a tremendous range of produce. And I felt the Hutterites were over charging for their produce last season, but it's still a boon to me and I appreciate the existence of both.

 

[Tom L.]

I want a car to drive me to my car, Dk.

If God had meant us to walk places he wouldn't have given us hands that fit steering wheels so well.

Normally, I enjoy the feeling of walking... I like the feel of the rhythm in my whole body as I move along with a fairly fast, almost-tireless gait. It's more than just a way to get around. As a child, I remember I used to walk slowly, looking at the ground, at least sometimes, but at some point this changed completely.

BUT....

It's freezing rain where I live now. I will temporarily be back to a slow walk, looking at the ground. I'm glad I only have about 5 blocks to walk home from the bus stop.

 

[Dropkick]

Normally, I enjoy the feeling of walking...
BUT....

It's freezing rain where I live now. I will temporarily be back to a slow walk, looking at the ground. I'm glad I only have about 5 blocks to walk home from the bus stop.

It's all a matter of perception, what you need to do is turn your face up in to it and think to yourself "What refreshing weather! It makes me feel like sliding on my rear all the way home! What fun!"

 

[Clueless Git]

Normally, I enjoy the feeling of walking... I like the feel of the rhythm in my whole body as I move along with a fairly fast, almost-tireless gait. It's more than just a way to get around. As a child, I remember I used to walk slowly, looking at the ground, at least sometimes, but at some point this changed completely.

God meant us to walk when we were children Tom.

That's why he designed kiddies with legs that are too short to reach a set of driving pedals.

 

[Tom L.]

Ooookay.... the demented lyricist in me has been awakened... I'm trying to make up alternative lyrics to "Jingle Bells":

Here I come
Frozen bum
Sliding all the wayyyy....

For those unfamiliar with British slang, "bum" is another word for buttocks.

 

[Dropkick]

Ooookay.... the demented lyricist in me has been awakened... I'm trying to make up alternative lyrics to "Jingle Bells":

Here I come
Frozen bum
Sliding all the wayyyy....

For those unfamiliar with British slang, "bum" is another word for buttocks.

That puts a whole new wrinkle to "There's some bum at the front door looking for a hand-out."