My average touring day is going to involve between five and six hours on the bike. I'll probably stop once, for lunch. My personal preference is to do the bulk of the distance in the first half of the day, so I'm likely to ride for at least three hours in the first stint.

Of course it's possible that I'll pause, briefly, to look at a view or consult a map or take a pee or a picture, but these are pauses, not rests.