The Story Express

A musical accompaniment to your daily walk. All I suggest is that you follow the route and when you hear music, stop and let yourself stare a while at anything your eyes happen to rest upon. Then continue walking along the route until the next musical interlude and so on to the end. Please get in touch and let me know how it goes. I hope that by the end of the walk, the music has helped to bring feelings of calmness and peacefulness. XXX

Listen to stories of entanglements between bodies, clothes and the living world, caught in the landscapes around Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking. https://metisarts.co.uk/wildhawkwood For the Dual Ear version: https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/jqbVphFeJMKiEpEk

Your Arctic research team intercepts a distress signal—a family of polar bears is stranded on a drifting ice floe! The ice is breaking apart, and with temperatures dropping, they don’t have much time. The only way to send a rescue signal to the approaching icebreaker ship is to unlock a secured radio system. But the rescue frequency code is locked—you’ll need to gather intel from different parts of your Arctic church base to crack it.

Stand by the grave of Hannah Twynnoy in Malmesbury Abbey graveyard to hear a song is about the sad demise of this Malmesbury barmaid, who on 23rd Oct 1703 became the first recorded person in Britain to have been killed by a tiger. It was being kept in a cage in the yard of the White Lion pub in Gloucester Street, and Hannah's fascination with the beast regrettably did not end well for her. This song was written and performed by Gill Simmons, and was created originally for Malmesbury Community Radio. More about this, including the option to download the lyrics here: https://bravebolddrama.co.uk/events.html#soundwalks

An alternative to some more traditional trails looking at the main historical sites of Monmouth, this interesting trail gives an insight into some of Monmouth's less visited places of interest.

Welcome to the Echoes of the Orchard audio experience at Hereford Applefest 2024. How to play: Travel to the highlighted zones on the map to hear an echo of the orchard. Some echoes (stories) are located in the centre of Hereford city, some are located around the county. Headphones are recommended. Echoes of the Orchard is an immersive, site-specific audio experience produced by Creative Media Production and Technology students at Hereford College of Arts. (Please note: This experience will use a small amount of mobile data) Credits Written and produced by Fred Arroyo, Ash Bircher, Ed Child, Sam Corbett, Daniel Davies, Sage Himlin, Cody Jeffs, Ethan Lanchbury, Tyler Lewis, Theo Neades, Ash Niblock, Archie Parry, Jess Presley, Jamie Price, Francis Probert, Jodie Summersgill, Lucius Talbott, Dylan Vincent, Ethan Wood. Project lead: Nick Brown n.brown@hca.ac.uk Many thanks to Becci O'Reilley and the Applefest 2024 team. www.hca.ac.uk

Wychwood Wild Garden is 12.5 acres of woodland, ponds and avenues left untouched to encourage wildlife and plant growth. It was likely built in 1860 as a pleasure garden for Shipton Court, originally with the addition of a large circular walk where the cricket ground is today. The recommended route for the sound walk takes you down the lime tree avenue, around the large pond to the giant Cedar tree, around the round pond, down past (and over) the waterfalls, and around the woodland.

This 'solve-it-yourself' mystery audio trail is set in Page Park, Bristol. Start the trail on the app, enter the park at the south west corner and have a look at the locations shown on the map just inside this gate. Go to the drinking fountain and you’ll be able to see the house where the park elf wants to meet you! Please take care when doing this trail. It takes about 1 hour to complete. Listen carefully to the audio clues. Many will repeat if you re-enter the Echo, but overall progress will be lost if the app crashes (e.g. don't touch the top right "lines" icon). Downloading is better than streaming. If the "engine pauses" you just need to walk into one of the Echoes and the audio will self-start. 04/12/22.

An audio walk through Staple Hill, with stories in Page Park, Broad Street and the much loved High Street. Recommended route: Start at The Bean Tree Cafe in Page Park; leave the park, cross road and walk down south side of Broad Street; after 'Men's suits & Clarks Pies' cross the road and walk back up towards park, finishing in Fountain Square. Walk can also be done the other way round...or any way you fancy! Please take care when doing this walk! We recommend pausing stories to cross roads! Recorded and produced by Richard Lobb. Additional production, research and support by Melody Beard and Freya Smith. Funded by South Gloucester Council, Thrive Grant.