So how far is this walk?
A good question and one that I now think more about. 610 miles always sounded quite a long distance, but not one that I could really relate to. Roughly speaking, it is also the direct distance between the centre of London and Milan or the South Coast of France or even the Austrian border. It is also about 1000km and the same distance as the Monarch’s way, the escape route of King Charles II after his defeat in the battle of Worcester (1651), across the Cotswolds to the south coast. Here is a map, crudely showing the distance from the centre of London as the crow flies:
So now that I know this wonderful trivia, am I glad? At least it is worthy of the word ‘challenge’ within the title! If you are looking to work out distances, then a few times I have used this handy tool from Daft Logic.
