By: Blonde Two
Podcast is a good word isn’t it.
According to the Guardian in 2004 (that bastion of wordliness) these little audio broadcasts could have so easily ended up being called audioblogs or guerillamedia. Luckily for us that Apple had already invented the iPod because WalkmanCast really doesn’t have the same ring to it.
I have to confess to not being a great podcast listener (listening may not be my thing at all), I enjoy snippets of both Radio Devon (for its sheer ridiculous lovability) and Radio Four (for its intellect prodding persistence). However, we Blondes recently resolved to try our hand at podcast creation. Below is a link to our first attempt; I have to say I am quite pleased with it as it was a test of my editing skills and of our joint non-giggling skills. Do have a listen and let us know if we should make some more BlondeCasts (we are open to suggestions for titles!)
Excellent podcast. My attention was held all the way through – I could have been listening to Radio 4. You should send this up to the BBC and see if they can use it or commission you to do a series or whatever.
I am sorry to say that I have often contravened the law with regard to wild camping, but needs must..
It is no always a bundle of fun:
Friday 2nd. May 2008 – Day 17 on my Land’s End John ‘o Groats Walk
Easton-in-Gordano near Bristol.
I camped on a sort of stray surrounded by fairly well to do houses having
bought some bottled water. I was quite pleased with this cheeky choice of
camp site.
At about 11:00pm I was awoken by a gang of young hoodies coming
across the common and shouting taunts at me. I shouted at them
from the tent and then they started throwing pine cones at the tent,
and I have to say that I was quite frightened. I called the police on my
mobile and they eventually came and temporarily dispersed the
youths, but when the police had gone they came back again, and I
phoned again and the police came for a second time. I remained very
uneasy for the rest of the night and was unable to sleep and vowed
that I would not wild camp again in an urban situation like this.
Mr B2 had a similar camping experience in Wales once although the youth involved were more curious than anything. The podcast was originally for Radio Devon but the person that requested it changed jobs and the project was shelved.
Podcast – fun. It isn’t easy to put down the teacher and pick up the entertainer/informer. My wild camping has always been accompanied by a dog and I am deeply grateful to all my dogs for looking after me so well – no-one would have approached my tent unheard! Mind you, on one memorable occasion the heavy breathing and snorting outside in the dark of the night turned out to be a pair of hedgehogs arguing. (Or were they courting?)