You know I think that many authors have never actually walked anywhere. They mostly seem to have no concept of how far a person, with or without a horse, can walk in an hour. Average pace for a horse is 4 miles an hour at a walk, a person on foot less than that. These people in the book I’m reading just rode from their stronghold to the capital city in 50 minutes. They passed forests, a village and hills with scattered valleys with streams crisscrossing them. All that in less than four miles.
This usually throws me right out of the story as I start figuring how far apart things are and if you can see the capital city from your castle. And was that the author’s intention? And etc., etc.
by Luziadovalongo