Until I entered HS in a town 8 miles away. 6 miles, I would have walked. 8 is too much. ;-)
Really though, from age 10 (we moved to the edge of the small town my grade school was in [I had previously attended a one-room school house and the first year parents took turns driving kids to the school all 12 of us in grades 1-3]) until 14 and entering HS I also hand-delivered around 50 newspapers on the way to school. Made for a very circuitous walk.
"Did you walk to school, or carry your lunch?"
Uh huh. Yup.
Until I entered HS in a town 8 miles away. 6 miles, I would have walked. 8 is too much. ;-)
Really though, from age 10 (we moved to the edge of the small town my grade school was in [I had previously attended a one-room school house and the first year parents took turns driving kids to the school all 12 of us in grades 1-3]) until 14 and entering HS I also hand-delivered around 50 newspapers on the way to school. Made for a very circuitous walk.