Silly title because I suspect we all walk for many reasons. If you are a 'loner' then this page may not be for you! But it won't hurt to see what we get from our group trips so feel free to read on.
Walking with or as a group has many benefits for 'singles' as well as 'couples'. We are ourselves, just like the majority of the human species; social animals. We were historically reared in packs, we hunted in packs and we socialised in packs. Little has really changed in thought processes but of course our hunting is generally at Tesco now (other supermarkets are available.....) I am not going to knock 'walking alone' as this has massive benefits to the mind enabling us to clear out the brain's clutter as the miles go by. It can focus us to the everyday challenges as well as the immediate challenge that maybe in the walk ahead. The incessant chatter that emanates from ten or twenty excited shufflers can soon drown out all the pleasurable ambient sounds and if like me, fogs-up your inner thoughts instantly!
Many books I have read about walking, particularly over the last few years, are individual guys wanting to get out of the 'rat-race', if only temporarily, to achieve an ambition or an obsession they have to perhaps walk from coast to coast or scale every Munroe in Scotland. It might be the Inca Trail or even the South Downs Way....the list of potential goals are seemingly endless. They may choose to carry with them all of their worldly possessions or just a daysack to go from pub-to-pub using the services of the local 'sherpa' transport-your-bag company. They may choose to wild-camp or go home every evening to the pleasures of their own bed. It doesn't really matter as long as they are solo on the walk! The tales of adventure are often arduous, sometimes dangerous, always humorous. It's tales of who they meet or who they don't meet. The solitude, the endurance, the loneliness of the surroundings, the things they find out about themselves, the inner problems they have to resolve. Day-to-day survival, being hopelessly lost, being too cold, too hot, too tired, too sore.....the list is endless but it does make for good stories as most of us have thought about some great adventure but more often, just settle in the armchair to read about someone else's!
So back to 'walking in packs'. I cannot find many (none so far) books on the subject of group walking adventures. Perhaps because they lack all of the above hardships, as being lost in a group situation, is not quite the same as being lost alone. It becomes a shared experience, with many heads that will mull over the situation and collectively, will eventually endeavour to overcome their situation of being; "temporarily unsure of our exact location". ** However, this aside, walking with others for company, is exactly that.....company! It is the all-day, half-day or just two-hours walk that is commonly found in every conurbation, from our cities, towns and villages throughout the UK and I suspect, a good deal of the of the world. We have locally of course, our very-own beloved but sometimes maligned, Ramblers. We have the U3A walks and the local council organised, Simply Health walks and they all have two things in common. Firstly is or course, you won't ever be alone and secondly, they seem to attract the, let's say, later life walkers. This is often not by design but simply it is this section of society that have more time on their hands and they therefore make up the vast majority. Weekend groups are sometimes different in that they cater for those wishing to fill the weekend up with anything that is active and not remotely like their workplace! Yet, overhearing their conversations on the weekend groups we have joined, they usually talk nothing but ....work! Us ramblers too, frequently lapse back into the time when the pension was still being hastily topped-up by our contributory scheme, but we have now moved-on from work to the more immediate subject of putting the world to rights. Although the three-no-no's of conversation are said to be avoided, but yes, religion, politics and sex are sometimes raised but quickly snuffed-out to be replaced by less contentious subjects of Brexit, Investments, Estate Agents and of course, Holidays!
So what do our intrepid groups of walkers, trekkers, hikers or ramblers do for a relaxing break? Yes we go on walking holidays......in our thousands and to all parts and extremities of the globe. From the adventurous scaling of mountains to the vineyard of France and Italy. It's all up for grabs, in glossy trendy mags that tempt us to cruise and trek the Norwegian fiords, Himalayan huts, South American treks, On-Safaris and the African deserts. Then there is 'undiscovered' Europe just a two or three hour flight and we are in a 'remote' Austrian alpine chalet, a touristica agricole in Italy or a parador in Spain. 
But before all of this is the departure lounge at Leeds, Gatwick or Heathrow where the group first forms and shares a game of "spot the fellow walker" It is however, blatantly obvious as the shrewd and experienced group of walkers will already be wearing their hiking boots and most of their all-weather gear , not just to save on luggage space but more importantly.....just in case they go missing en-route and we wouldn't want to have to wear-in a new pair of boots! Very clever eh? So for the duration of the flight they sit there in considerable discomfort, over dressed and trying to waggle their trapped toes to avoid the certain onset of DVT. They can't remove said boots due to the less than generous seat pitch and their fading flexibility simply won't allow them to get anywhere near their laces.....let alone to pull their boots off of their already swollen feet! Another conspicuous clue is the 'free' baggage tags that arrive in the post just a few weeks before departure. They are bright in colour and display the 'logo' imploring you to always attach to your luggage so you can be spotted at the UK checkout or overseas carrousel ensuring the holiday chatter and banter starts way before your host's little 'drinkies & welcome meeting!'
The 'packs' we have walked with over the years have, without exception, been great company, with their countless stories of busy lives that are now enriched with their walking achievements. Many have been 'everywhere' some have never been outside the UK. Solicitors, Politicians, Doctors, Business tycoons, Plumbers, Builders, Bus Drivers, Civil Servants and many, many Teachers! It would be safe to say that most walks of life would cover it.
**local Ramblers "speak" for ...we are lost!