PICKWICK, THE ATHLETE. I have been reading THE PICKWICK PAPERS and have just read the part where Mr. Pickwick and his friends go to a wedding in the morning and then take a 25 mile walk (!) to get rid of the effects of all the wine they had for breakfast and to refresh themselves for more eating in the evening. Even with that much walking, the amount of happy eating that Mr. Pickwick does makes him a stout figure. He also drinks as much as a Hemingway character. Ah! Merry Old England!
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I love our 3-mile walks in Rowayton, but 25 miles is pretty intimidating. If you walked it at a rate of 20 minutes per mile (our usual rate) the walk would take you more than 8 hours! Incredible.