go4awalk.com -- walk to your hearts content

go4awalk.com is: A free-to-access web site offering a growing collection of detailed walks available in downloadable Acrobat pdf format -- which are constantly updated with the latest route information by a network of dedicated walkers. Designed to be clean and simple the site is fast to download and easy to navigate. The site has already been short-listed for the Department of Trade and Industry Ecommerce Awards 2001 (under TMDH Limited -- the owning company). Visit us at http://www.go4awalk.com

PRESS RELEASE - JUNE 2001

go4awalk.com -- walk to your hearts content

go4awalk.com is:

A free-to-access web site offering a growing collection of detailed walks available in downloadable Acrobat pdf format -- which are constantly updated with the latest route information by a network of dedicated walkers.

Designed to be clean and simple the site is fast to download and easy to navigate. The site has already been short-listed for the Department of Trade and Industry Ecommerce Awards 2001 (under TMDH Limited -- the owning company).
Visit us at http://www.go4awalk.com

go4awalk.com is different because:

Each walk is delivered as a downloadable Acrobat pdf document so the quality and integrity is retained when the map is printed. They are fast to download, easy to print (in colour or black & white) and virtually all fit on a single page so they are easy to carry and easy to use.
You can select you walk using a series of interactive maps - based on Counties, National Parks and Ordnance Survey Walking Maps. This means you can pick the map you want to use - and then a pick walk thats on it - allowing you to fully explore an area whether its familiar terrain or somewhere totally new.
Each walk has a clear, consistent layout making them easy to use.
North is always 'up making each map easy to orientate.
Route instructions are simple and unambiguous making each walk easy to follow.
The walk profile is always on the same axis and scale, and there is even a nine point grading system (from an easy stroll round a lake to a full day hike in the High Lakeland Fells) to make walk selection & comparison as simple as possible.
There are currently some 180 walks in the Lake District and over 170 walks in the Peak District offering you plenty of choice -- and the collection is growing all the time.

go4awalk.com will help you escape from:

The frustration you feel with ambiguous route descriptions.
The inconvenience you experience when you expect to cross a field only to be confronted by a newly built housing estate.
The struggle to decipher route instructions amid rafts of anecdotes.
The confusion left by guidebooks offering a bewildering array of map formats and styles with North in whichever direction best suits the writer of the book - not the user of the guide.
The limitations of other walk collections offering just a few walks in each area.
The dismay suffered after selecting a walk in a guidebook only to find its not on the Ordnance Survey walking map youve got, forcing you to look for another walk to do -- or buy another map.

go4awalk.com is more than just a walk database:

If you cant decide where to walk, 'Five . . . is there to provide some inspiration. Perhaps you want to walk round a lake, down a dismantled railway line, to a waterfall or through a forest. -- youll find the walk you want under 'Five . . .
If you need somewhere to stay, 'Places to Stay offers a growing list of 'walker friendly Hotels, Bed & Breakfast Establishments, Camping & Caravan Sites and Self-Catering options -- with plenty of walks going virtually from the front door.
Visit 'The Bunkhouse - a forum for sharing experiences, news and views and our collection of free classified ads for items lost & found, find-a-buddy and events.
Improve your knowledge of best practice when in the high mountains in 'Hill Skills, or learn something new in 'Plain Facts.
Win a T-shirt in the monthly 'Competition or join the highly prestigious 'Mile High Club -- (youll just have to look to see what thats all about! )
And if you are in the market for buying new kit, 'Gear Guides offer impartial advice that can be read online or printed as an Acrobat pdf to take with you to the shops.

If you still cant find what you want then youll find the UK largest collection of Walk Related web sites under 'Links.

go4awalk.com site was developed using:
Apple Macintosh computers, Macromedia Dreamweaver 3,0. Macromedia Flash 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0.2.

Download a walk from go4awalk.com and head out into the countryside - you know it probably wouldnt hurt to get out more!

For more information about this press release, visit us at
http:// www.go4awalk.com or contact:

Theresa Howard
http://www.go4awalk.com
TMDH Limited
PO Box 323, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 6YF
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 941 2037
Fax:         +44 (0) 161 941 2037
Email:        mailto:theresa.howard@go4awalk.com