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What goes into an iWalk

You may have noticed that there is a lag between photos from walk testing appearing on social media, and the finished walk being published. It typically takes around three months for each walk to go through the “production” process; the photos on social media are usually from mid-way through that process. The reason that it takes this long is partly that we are usually working on several at once, and below is an outline of some of the work that goes into each one. Where to go As you’d probably guess, the first step is to plan a route. In doing so, we juggle a number of factors which are sometimes pulling in opposite directions: A circular walk, where at all possible, so that you don’t need to double back along the same route Availability of parking near the start of the walk Placing steeper terrain towards the beginning of the walk so that it gets easier as you get more tired Placing the terrain likely to involve more exploring (e.g. beaches) in the first half of the walk