Walk the Talk with Podcasts
It is great to see more and more organisations begin to realise the importance of modern technology and the service it can provide.
Often the staid world of rambling is portrayed as tweed coats, stout boots, walking sticks and sad unfashionable people who are more akin to Luddites than us technophiles.
Now I know that is not completely true - I like a good hike myself but again I am an mountaineer which is as far as you can get form rambling. Anyway, back to subject, it is good to see access to technology aiding those who wish to walk, hike, ramble or climb the hills.
I am traveling to my daughter’s home soon in the far North East of England, having a week off form the grind stone at Enigin.
As I am trying to save as much money as I can, to spend on new gadgets and technology, plus blowing any money I did have on three one TB hard drives for my Mac I going to stay at my daughters as it is far less (free) than a hotel, unless she catches on!
I surfed around the web for some walking routes, as walking is also cheap, and I found on a North East England tourist site, not only detailed descriptions and maps but also downloadble podcasts of the walks to take with you on your phone or mobile device.
Great news - although the earbuds leading from an iPod do not quite fit the picture of the rambler I am sure many others will want to join in with some physical activity if they can hear the route while enjoying the scenary - not only that I have a compass on my iPhone, let alone the maps.
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