Paces or Steps

How many times are the clues given a so many paces on a compass bearing and how many times should it be steps.
A step is the space between the feet usually at 30".
A pace is the space between two feet usually about 60"
So two steps makes one pace.
This would save my tired old legs going further than needed.

Well I never knew that is that written down anywhere

May be we should go metric and change it to a stride for both and call it 39" or 1 metre !!!

There should be a note in the front of the catalogue setting out the standard

Never heard that one before and I remember from my service days that the drill instructors cariied those dreaded PACE sticks and a pace stick measured one stride (a step)

what the dictionary says.... sorry to bore you...

pace1 /peɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[peys] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, paced, pac·ing.
–noun 1. a rate of movement, esp. in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
2. a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo.
3. any of various standard linear measures, representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking: roughly 30 to 40 in. (75 cm to 1 m). Compare geometrical pace, military pace, Roman pace.
4. a single step: She took three paces in the direction of the door.

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[Origin: 1250–1300; ME pas < OF < L passus step, pace, equiv. to pad-, var. s. of pandere to spread (the legs, in walking) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss]


—Synonyms 8. step, amble, rack, trot, jog, canter, gallop, walk, run, singlefoot. 15. Pace, plod, trudge refer to a steady and monotonous kind of walking. Pace suggests steady, measured steps as of one completely lost in thought or impelled by some distraction: to pace up and down. Plod implies a slow, heavy, laborious, weary walk: The mailman plods his weary way. Trudge implies a spiritless but usually steady and doggedly persistent walk: The farmer trudged to his village to buy his supplies.
—Antonyms 15. scurry, scamper, skip.

Not one I've ever encountered either.

I find it helpful to bring a small family member, ie mother or nephew, just to cover all bases

when your wife keeps nagging you loses count anyway so i just guess

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