The conversation continues on a punt, then on a brisk walk around the university parks, then over tea, which slips into (more) sherry, and afterwards a splendiferous “high table” dinner.
You might prefer the Saturday rides which are more popular with the youth members, we don't go huge distances 100 kilometres or anything like that, 60 kilometres is about average but the pace is fairly brisk.
We can use take, for example, to say I like to take a walk after work, or I like to take a brisk, brisk meaning fast or strong, something that makes you breathe, you know, not an easy walk.
But, when following a protocol designed to get him into ketosis as soon as possible — involving things like 4 hours of brisk walking, he did a ten day fast and apparently lost zero muscle mass.