Out of curiosity, I borrowed a step counter, and used it for a day.

It was a very typical day: walk to the train station, walk from the train to the tube, walk from the tube to the office. Down 6 flights of stairs for lunch (up by lift) and again in the afternoon to go home. Then walk from office to tube to train to nursery to home, plus a bit of pottering around at home during the evening.

The grand total came to 10,032 steps. More than I had expected, actually, given that 10,000 is often quoted as a goal for active people, and I definitely wouldn’t describe my current lifestyle as physically active. Makes me wonder how inactive the average urban adult really is.