I've always been a walker, and I always thought I was alone in doing this. I probably started when I was in middle school. I'd walk around the neighborhood or more often my parents' sizable yard, never for exercise, even if I got that coincidentally, but only for thinking.
Even in college, whenever I wanted to get away from other people, I'd walk around campus, often at night. I wouldn't be going anywhere in particular at all.
I haven't really walked in months now because I can't. I live in a major city where one must make a planned effort in order to get to a park, and even then the park is liable to be crowded, which has a deleterious effect on the great solitude of walking in nature. Walking in a city is just thoroughly unlike walking in nature.
Even in college, whenever I wanted to get away from other people, I'd walk around campus, often at night. I wouldn't be going anywhere in particular at all.
I haven't really walked in months now because I can't. I live in a major city where one must make a planned effort in order to get to a park, and even then the park is liable to be crowded, which has a deleterious effect on the great solitude of walking in nature. Walking in a city is just thoroughly unlike walking in nature.