slow walker

Slow walkers take an hour going up, 45 minutes coming down.

And some of the slow walkers probably needed a head start.

Close Midtown to older slow walkers; they get in the way.

Their average satisfaction rating was nearly 4, a full point higher than the rating of the slower walkers.

Can't get behind talkers, Or other slow walkers.

SLOW walkers are slow learners?

THERE are many things I loathe in the world - traveling and slow walkers, among them - but near the top of my list is shaving.

Slow Walkers Question: Are there any organizations that design trips for people who are not physically handicapped but who must go slow for health reasons?

People who are mobile but have trouble walking fast or for long distances, often referred to as slow walkers, have many alternatives in and out of the United States.

Some agents at Connie George Travel Associates, (888) 532-0989 or www.wheelchaircruising.com, specialize in travel for wheelchair users, slow walkers and deaf travelers.

Furthermore, faster walkers should walk to the left side and slower walkers to the right, and the right-side edge of the sidewalk should be reserved for window-shoppers.

It specializes in learning adventures for slow walkers and wheelchair users in the American Southwest and Northwest and tours to Yosemite and other national parks.

The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, the Sonora Desert and Northern California are among places visited on the organization's tours designed for slow walkers and wheelchair users.

Other sources of information are sites belonging to agents with experience in booking cruises for wheelchair travelers and slow walkers, like Accessible Journeys (www.disabilitytravel.com) and Cruisin (www.1cruise.com/accessible).

One of the pleasures of late walking is the uncrowding: there's no need to weave around slower walkers, no abrupt stops for baby carriages, no collisions; street etiquette is simple.

For pedestrians, the traffic center configures the signals based on an average stride of four feet per second (slow walkers take notice), and it programs each light to flash "Don't Walk" for a minimum of seven seconds.

A new guidebook called "There Is Room at the Inn, Inns and B&B's for Wheelers and Slow Walkers" examines 117 wheelchair-accessible lodgings across the country, ranging from a Victorian inn to a dude ranch.

On the sidewalks of New York there are jaywalkers, baby walkers, dog walkers, night walkers, cellphone talker-walkers, slow walkers, fast walkers, group walkers, drunken walkers, walkers with walkers and, of course, tourist walkers.

Babies walking later than 18 months were categorised as slow walkers; those talking later than 24 months were classified as slow talkers. 9.3 per cent of their seven-year-olds were slow walkers, talkers or both.

Besides no student of DE would have his pocket picked applying DE in the street, picking his route in the crowds through slow walkers, don't get stuck behind that baby carriage, careful when you round a corner don't bump into somebody coming round the other way.

Candy Harrington's book "Barrier Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers" (Xlibris Corporation, $21.99), published in 2001, includes advice on air travel as well as information on international resources, travel agencies and legal issues.

Answer: You are not likely to find a group tour made up entirely of people like yourself, who are generally known as slow walkers, but because trips organized for the handicapped proceed at a slower pace they appeal to people who do not need a wheelchair but do need to rest periodically.