One of the major problems with iPhones is remembering the lock code. Was it a swoosh or a sweep? Up and down or across. Several apps have been proposed to get around the problem, but none of them are satisfactory. Now, Quipper Apps have launched Gait...
The riddle of how our ancestors 'evolved' from moving on all fours to being bipedal has at last not been answered.
A recent study, where 'evolution scientits' (not a spelling mistake)spent 14 months on holiday in Guinea, West Africa concluded that...
BryanAir, the airline that gives you more for more, or less for less, depending on the starting point, is to introduce a step tax.
"The concept is very simple," said Ryan Heir, the chairman, spokesman and sometimes pilot of the low-cost, slow-coac...
The following statement was given to the Nottingham police, by a 65 year old, 5'3" tall, made redundant, overweight, bald, bespectacled, hearing aids wearing, depressed, cardiac suffering, arthritic, lesser endowed man, after he'd decided to take a walk for the first time in years through the Nottingham Arboretum, to feed the ducks, in an effort to cheer himself up a bit.
On Friday 1st October,...
Leicester man, and habitual drunkard, Matt Dillon yesterday staggered a mile in another man's shoes, upon completion of which he announced that his feet were "absolutely knackered."
It is believed that Mr Dillon entered into a conversation with a...
An ambitious plan by a group of unemployed men from North East Lancashire to ascend the world's second highest mountain, K2, was reluctantly called off yesterday evening at Burnley bus station.
The 28 expedition members, along with 84 Sherpas, fro...
The UK Government is set to introduce the most stringent anti-smoking rules in Europe.
"Now that we have banned smoking inside public places we have seen an increase in the number of people stood around outside public places," said government Heal...
In a move guaranteed to inconvenience and infuriate dog walkers, ramblers, off-road cyclists, joggers, and horse riders alike, Cornwall County Council has today announced plans to restrict the use of all footpaths and BOAT's (Byeways Open to All Traf...
Dutch mountaineer, Johann Van Der Gritt today announced that he would be leading a Dutch expedition in a quest to scale Pendle Hill in Lancashire, UK.
Van Der Gritt stated that Pendle Hill - famous the world over for the Pendle Witch trials at Lan...
HEADLINE IN BRITISH DAILY:
Hill walker endured a two-hour attack by a reindeer
This just in from Scotland:
The poor woman endured a long 'entanglement with the reindeer who had spied her hiking in the Scottish Hills, alone.
Reindeer expert, I.M.A Deerman, said,
"I just can't understand why he attacked. The woman MUST have provoked him by teasing him, perhaps about NOT being one of...
Estelle Wingardner of San Francisco, California, stated in an interview with a correspondent from AARP recently, "I have to walk everywhere now. I needed that COLA raise last year and I sure as hell needed it this year. I can't afford the bus, trains...
People, I know you've had a hard go of it these past few months. Shoot, we all have. But if I might draw your attention to one concept that might make your day a little better, or a little bit worse depending on your social status, I think that you will, but maybe you won't, appreciate it.
Throughout the rich and prosperous history of our country, many different people have been persecuted beca...
One moment adventurer Ben De Buses was standing on top of some mountain ogling at the world below and having a friend take his photograph on an iPhone to be uploaded to the Internet. The next moment, he was falling thousands of feet into a chasm.
Britain's pedestrians were said to be 'afraid to leave their homes' today as reports emerged of a Lancashire man slipping on a discarded banana skin and falling comically to the ground.
Alan Simpkin was enjoying a breezy autumnal stroll with his d...
A small group of British chidren wended their cautious way along the path to the peak of Mount Snowdon, shepherded by a party of mountain leaders, teachers and welfare specialists.
Tommy (12), the designated leader of the junior group, was entrust...
The worlds leading Psychologists today released a report stating that walking may be bad for your mental health. This shocking 600 page document is based on recent interviews given by former Astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Mitchell was part of the 1971 Apo...
Regina - World famous mountaineer Sir Reginald Whitby plans to add Saskatchewan's Mount Wobbly to his list of summit achievements including Everest, Anapurnal, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc, which is also a pen.
Mount Wobbly at three metres is...
A couple treated open air diners to a 15-minute naked parade in Singapore over the weekend, triggering both embarrassment and applause for a scene almost unheard of in this extremely conservative city-state.
Pub manager Terence Chia, whom diners s...