Some of us use it merely as a way of getting from A to B, others see it as a pastime. It can be used as an element in a fitness plan, or utilised as a way to raise cash for a good cause.
These pictures from the Daily Echo archives show a variety of people from various years putting their best foot forward.
One image shows Gosport charity walkers Ivan Griffen and Chris Zealand as they set off on a 270-mile walk along the Pennine Way.
More than 200 students congregated on Southampton Common in 1979 as they raised £1,280 by walking ten miles. The money boosted a £1.5m appeal for a body scanner for the General Hospital.
In 1988 a group of five Tesco workers began their epic £1m walk from John O’Groats to Lands End. They were raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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