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And no, not "Does anyone walk?". I mean something you do when walking.

I've found that if I'm walking, I set a particular 'mission' of sorts (although not in a CIA sense) that I have to do in relation to the surface I'm walking on. For example, if I'm walking on cobblestones, I'll think "I want to have the front of my shoe land on a cobblestone, no crossing the lines", and if I'm walking on a footpath after it's been raining I'll try and get my feet on as much dry or wet pavement as possible while maintaining a relatively straight line. I remember as a kid I used to have fun stepping on other people's shadows. One way of stomping on someone's head and not getting charged for assualt!

I do that sometimes.

Tim

KBABZ,

I do to. I just don't like stepping on cracks, and I get very good feedback and instantly adjust based on it. If it has just rained, and I am walking by, I may go slow, fast, slow, fast, etc.... On slipperier surfaces, I may walk VERY slowly, on others fast. Obviously, I want to go FAST, so I try to plan my route so I'll go to areas I'll walk fast on.

Steve

Steve, what's meant by 'very good feedback'? Is it from others?

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This walking style can apply in many ways. For example, if a path is paved with concrete and orange zig-zag tiles, I'll want to walk on the orange tiles in a zig zag. If a path is paved with checker-board tiles, I'll want to put my feet on the black ones. In fact, half the fun is figuring out what method to apply to a new tile-set! I remeber as a kid when I thought that the Zebra Crossing lines had a dual function: not only to mark the way, but to act as stepping stones to cross the road (I even pretended I was stepping on logs over a river infested with pirranhas!). I still do it to this day.

no, I mean I seem to know ahead of time how a road will be. I periodically rub my shoe on the ground to verify, but am rarely wrong.

Steve

sounds very familiar, i do the same.
particulary when its raining/wet, i often seek out the dryest part of the pavement and take the steps like that, often resulting on tip toeing on small parts of pavement that are slightly higher than others, some people probably see me do it and think what the...

When I'm walking on a sidewalk, I won't step on the cracks. When it's wet out, I avoid puddles, even the smallest of puddles that other seem not to notice. I also walk on the right hand side of a path or sidewalk, like when driving a car. Also, when it is wet out and the ground is slippery, i shuffle my feet on the ground, that's so I don't slip. When going up and down steps, I always count how many steps there are. Even if I have been up and down the steps plenty of times. Sometimes for fun I will close my eyes when I am walking up and down steps.

I do things like that sometimes.

I used to focus on stuff like that A LOT when walking.
Nowadays, I seem to take in more of the landscape at once. I'm no longer paying attention to individual lines or patterns in the road, but I see the entire road as a whole.
I am "walking down a road", more than "stepping on or between cracks in this here pavement".

I like walking down pebbles and stoned places too (like river banks), so I can see how I can place my foot next to get to where I want to go.