KEEP YOUR BRAIN AND BODY FIT USING YOUR IPOD

##Press Release 26 March 2008##

Recently the iPod and the MP3 have become much more than simply a music player. Consumers can now use them to watch films, listen to comedies and have their favourite books read to them. Now tourists or interested residents of London, Edinburgh or York can discover the stories behind some of Britain's most famous landmarks and buildings, do their bit for their carbon footprint and burn a calorie or two in the process.

Walk Talk Tours is a newly launched company offering downloadable city guides available at walktalktour.com, so that users can take a tour whenever is convenient for them. City dwellers can ‘do the tourist thing’ without feeling embarrassed that they have to tag along with all the other tourists at the weekend, and can truly discover what their city has to offer them at a pace that suits.

City tours have come a long way from following a man with an umbrella across town and are now more accessible than ever. Tours in the noughties are embracing the very latest technology allowing users to download city guides onto iPods and MP3 players, revolutionising the way in which tours are taken.

Tourists visiting each city will enjoy the freedom of being able to take a tour that fits in with their trip’s schedule and discover their chosen city in a way that is unique to them. Each Tour also comes with a Walk Talk Tour Plan, a downloadable map which helps users navigate from A to B, ensuring listeners don’t miss any attractions along the way.

Walk Talk Tours are now available for London, York and Edinburgh, and take individuals on a fascinating journey through the sights, stopping off at key points to inform them of interesting, informative and sometimes amusing facts about the city they have chosen to visit.

Did you know Number 10’s famous front door can only be opened from the inside, or that James I kept an elephant, crocodiles and camels in St James Park? There are many interesting facts to learn about Edinburgh, including the origins of the “Georgie Porgy pudding and pie” children’s nursery rhyme.

Walk Talk Tours is the brainchild of History graduate, Phil Nash. Now in his mid twenties, Phil started tour guiding eight years ago in his native Tyneside. He was the official guide on the first open top bus sightseeing tours in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Taking his love of history and guiding experience, Phil has written all the tours himself. Phil explains: “Each tour will give you a unique experience of the city which you are visiting. I guarantee, when you take the tours you will learn something that you hadn’t already known before.”

The six English tours are narrated by Jonathan Keeble, while the Edinburgh tours are presented by Graeme Mackenzie.

All the London tour commentaries are currently available in English, Spanish, French and German. The York and Edinburgh commenatries are avaliable in English. There are plans to add further cities to the walktalktour.com portfolio both in the UK and abroad, and also to translate the tours into additional languages.

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For further information please contact either Charlotte Jones or Danielle Newman at Pazang on 0845 090 0171 or email charlotte.jones@pazang.co.uk

Notes to Editors

Walk Talk Tours are available on the website www.walktalktour.com and are priced at £5.95 (£.4.50 in York)
There's a 20% discount for the purchase of two tours and 30% for three tours or more