was walking

• strollingWalking at ease
• amblingWalking without urgency
• trudgingWalking with difficulty
• wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
• saunteringWalking in unhurried manner

footsteps · pavement · sidewalk · path · stride · pace · meandering · roaming · legs · shoes · journey · movement · drifting · hiking · trekking · plodding · shuffling · street

• past continuous