An alternative to music for travel listening

[moodymac]

Matt,

A couple of really good ones.  Yogi Berra (the famous baseball player/manager) used to come up with a lot of funny sayings.  One of my favorites was when someone asked if he ever goes to so and so restaurant and he replies "Naw, no one goes there anymore it is just too crowded".  Or, "You better cut the pizza in four pieces, I am not hungry enough to eat six".  Or, "Half the lies they tell about me aren't true".

One of the programs that I like is Tales of the Texas Rangers.  I don't know how to embed the address but this is the site:  https://archive.org/details/TalesOfTheTexasRangers  It is based in the 1940's-50s on true cases of the Texas Rangers (still towing trailer with horse for the back country). Actor Joel McCrea plays the main character and is very good.

Some others are Gunsmoke, Sherlock Holmes, The Shadow, and many more.  All on Public Domain (free) and down loadable.

Tom (found out how)

[jags]

nothing to do with this thread but i bet  you lot will be humming it before the night is out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_dHcduUTU

[moodymac]

Jags,

You got a mean streak in you.  I am already humming!

One you might like (a couple of fair American-Irish lasses dueling the old green).  Look at the crowd, people can be taken bodily from the old country but not their hearts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ywMPtwM8avs

Tom

[onrbikes]

When at home do like the music and reading fiction.
But when on tour with the bike found both pretty annoying and started listening to non fiction.

"Alexander the Great" was good as was the series of "An idiot abroad"
Both highly entertaining, especially when climbing one of the many 30+ km of hills in China

Getting them from the local libraries was easy.
That reminds me to start getting some more for next years trip.

[jags]

Jags,

You got a mean streak in you.  I am already humming!

One you might like (a couple of fair American-Irish lasses dueling the old green).  Look at the crowd, people can be taken bodily from the old country but not their hearts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ywMPtwM8avs

Tom

sure ya can't beat the craic Tom boy.

[rualexander]

The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland has recently been upgraded from the previous 15 minute highlights of the radio show, to the full programme lasting 55 minutes per episode, making it a much more enjoyable and interesting listen.
Its a kind of country life and outdoor activities magazine programme and is well worth a listen.
I took in a couple of recent episodes on my ride today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/outdoors
The compilation episode from 29th december is a good introduction to the show.