Just got back from taking Gwen (and Josh) to Dulles Airport, for Gwen's trip home. She was delightful, and we were all sad to see her depart.
After leaving the airport, we took Josh to dinner, dropped him off at his apartment, and headed home. Round trip total was 442 miles (712km) in just over 9 hours. I always appreciate modern technology when I make a trip like that; in medieval times, you'd have been lucky to make that trip in three weeks.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
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I'd say that you'd be looking at more like two months, and fortunate to make the trip at all on your own.
I guess it depends which end of the social spectrum you were on. I'm fairly certain many peasants lived and died within about a 20 mile radius of some central point.
If you had a good horse, and didn't want to flog it, I can see three weeks. If you did want to flog it or could trade off, you culd probably do it in about 9 days. But your rear end would not thank you.
The modern age may have its drawbacks, but I'm firmly convinced that a world before modern toilet tissue is not a place I'd be interested in living. I prefer today's availability of TP and hot, clean running water, among many other fancier things we take for granted.
Okay, so I'm reading this post and the incredibly manly 'blah blah blah' comments about how long the trip might take and maybe its just me..., but what would be the point of making the flipping' trip if the dang airport ain't even there?
I'm just sayin'
-S
And Australia hadn't been discovered in the Middle Ages so there would have been nowhere for the plane to go to. Yes, I know.
Dang,you're quick.
::sigh::
-S
Horses, properly cared for, can do a sustained rate of 30 miles per day for five days of seven. That means 450 miles in three weeks.
If you're lacking a horse...Roman legions did 20 miles per day; but that included time to break camp, form units, and set up and fortify a camp at the end. An individual could go faster.
Of course, this assumes good roads, decent weather, and no bandits.
Horses that you can trade off can probably make closer to 50. Of course, if that might require at least somewhat passible roads and that might be dependent on where you were going.
Your Roman example also assumes that the idiot hadn't lost the legions to the barbarians in the Wald...
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