periche to namche in one day

We decided as a group to walk from Periche back to Namche Bazar in one day...8 hours. Can I just say we walked for 9 and coming down is quite similar to going up. What the Nepalis call the "Nepal flats" are in fact mountain side paths that go up and down, up and down...very little flat. Tina and I were done...we had 20 minutes to go and it took us an hour...glad to get to our little Namche. We had dinner...did some browsing, I bought my scarf map:) and to bed we went....