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According to this afternoon's BBC Five O'Clock News a party of British explorers has just reached the source of the Nile, having walked 4,000 (four thousand) miles in 8 (eight) days. Wow! Some walk! :!: :!: :!:
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Not only that, but it was 60 miles longer than they were expecting it to be!!
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petard249 wrote:According to this afternoon's BBC Five O'Clock News a party of British explorers has just reached the source of the Nile, having walked 4,000 (four thousand) miles in 8 (eight) days. Wow! Some walk! :!: :!: :!:
Haven't heard it but unless it is a hoax, someone is going to have to help me with the arithmetic.
4,000 miles in 8 days is presumambly 500 miles a day.

Top marathon runners do about 25 miles in 2 hours, hence 300 miles a day, non stop.

It don't add up, but then it is getting late and the brain cells are slowing down. And it's still the beginning of the month.
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Just read it on the bbc web site and now it makes sense.
80 days??
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