Walking Home - Milton Keynes

19 ECHOES

Location: Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Andrew Stuck

An audio anthology of poems and stories inspired by the theme of "Walking Home" produced by walk · listen · create in association with the Milton Keynes Literary Festival and the Parks Trust.

Earlier in 2022, Walk Listen Create ran a writing competition inviting people to submit poetry and stories of up to 250 words on the theme of “Walking Home”. They published a printed chapbook of the anthology and invited the authors to record themselves reading their work. Since then, they have reached out to MK Lit Fest to establish a collaborative project. The resulting audio anthology, available as a SoundWalk called Walking Home – Milton Keynes, draws on these existing audio recordings and incorporates:

recordings of selected poems and short stories from MK Lit Fest’s MinK #1 and #2 printed anthologies

recordings of poems from the winners of The Parks Trust’s 2022 Poetry Competition.

Solo exercise from outside The Swan Grendon Underwood HP18 0SW

Solo exercise, inspired by hash running and walking, so called sash ! The sash idea came about with the corona pandemic, to allow for local exercise, solo or with your bubble, etc. Though with UK rule relaxation, undertake according the present guidelines. Ground rules, accordingly relaxed: 1) No set date or time. 2) Undertake in groups up to the maximum allowed by guidelines. 3) Keep 2 metres apart from those outside your bubble. 4) Keep 2 metres apart from others if you encounter. 5) Ideally pick sashes that are local to you. 6) Walk bits where you can't clearly see the way ahead, so that 2 metre separation from others can be maintained. 7) In the pub, wear mask according the venue guidelines, or if none, your preference. 8) Mask not recommended while drinking or eating. 9) Do the sash at your own risk. How it works: Visible on your Apple/Android smartphone or GPS-equipped tablet, referred to here as device, are the following: A start/end square, and four circles showing the initial direction. Your device audibly 'echoes' blobs, checks, etc, when in the vicinity. You can just keep your device in your pocket or backpack, and follow the blob echoes. Or for a check echo, discover which way the blob trail continues. Three blobs in succession, or another check, and you've found the onward trail. A false echo means it's not that way. An echo saying 'on left', or 'on right', means go that way. Echoes can announce a fair few paces prior to the spot. And echoes repeat every minute if you linger. The runners true trail is 3.5 miles, the walkers 1.8 miles. Part-way along the trail, your device echoes that the runners and walkers trails diverge. They rejoin later. The runners trail has one 'fish hook' echo, at which you should return to the last check, then rerun that section. Toward the end, your device echoes 'beer near', then 'beer stop'. For the latter you may like to take some refreshment in your backpack. Nearer the end, your device echoes 'inn no', and leads you back to the start/end point. If you get stuck, a help map is available: Zoom in on the start/end square, then tap the triangle beside, then tap SEE MORE. The blue square is the start/end, the arrows show the trail direction, and the walkers-only part is dotted. On your device, open the Apple App Store or Android Play Store, and type ‘echoes’ in the store search box. The ECHOES app icon looks a bit like a fingerprint. Install, then open, and sign up. The trail should list under 'near you'. Tap MORE NEAR YOU if not. Possible too, is a tap on the magnifying glass, then type the trail postcode with space, or 'sash' for all. Tap a trail, then tap STREAM WALK to use online copy. Or tap DOWNLOAD or down-arrow symbol for offline copy, then tap START. Swipe down screen to refresh downloaded copy, in case changed online. Sometimes app exit then app restart are needed to fully refresh downloaded copy. Download might get stuck before reaching 100%. In which case, exit app then restart, and tap STREAM WALK instead. Tips: Like most location apps, ECHOES uses the battery a fair bit. A fully-charged device should be enough for the trail. But you might like to take a powerbank, or spare battery. Plus a paper map as backup. This info is viewable in a browser at https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/gNWhwuxZSC5I71bW Trail last updated 30 July 2021 21:37

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Walking Home - Milton Keynes

19 ECHOES

Location: Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

1 - The Wedding - written and read by Neil Beardmore

2 - The Real Roots of Milton Keynes - written and read by Vanessa Horton Jonklaas

3 - A Chalk Walk - written and read by Cheryl Markosky

4 - A Walk of Life - written and read by Cheryl Markosky

5 - An Afternoon walk in the Jura - written and read by David Thompson

6 - The Scholars' Path - written by Helen Harradine and read by Jack Pedersen

7 - Walking Home - written and read by Ines Amado

8 - A Deep Intake of Breath - written and read by Jan Howcroft

9 - New Year's Day - written and read by Kim Goldsmith

10 - Transfer - written and read by Megan Hicks

11 - Returning - written and read by Marcelle Newbold

12 - Unpicking the Thread - written and read by Sue Dawes

13 - Of Blood and Water - written and read by Tony Horitz

14 - Table Service in the Park - written and read by Sharon J Clarke

15 - A Second Chance - written and read by Ruth McCracken

16 i did - written and read by Mark Goodwin

17 Doric Seat - written and read by Alan Reavill

18 - By Dawns and Sunsets - written and read by Mike Geaney

19 The People's Spring - written and read by Mark Neil

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