“On average, as a nation, we spend more time on the toilet than being active.”
Gina Radford, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
This was one piece of information gleaned from following the latest gathering of Ordnance Survey's GetOutside Champions, of which I am proud to be one. It was held at Shrigley Hall, and we welcomed a few new Champions at the event, who will join us through to 2019-20. These include the well-known Sport scientist Greg Whyte (whose most recent job was helping Tess and Claudia with the Comic Relief 24 hour Dance Marathon).
The BBC meanwhile shared the announcement of the most popular places to start a walk according to the Ordnance Survey's Map app.
Edale is the place from which most people started their walk, and it's certainly a place I've started many a walk from over the years, along with the base of Stanage, and other areas around the Peak District.
The Ordnance Survey has also shared images showing the most trodden routes on their user-generated routes diagram.
Image: Alan Parkinson - diagram from my Y8 exercise bookData visualisations show Britain’s most trodden paths in OS #Maps https://t.co/71u1AXUkrC #datavis pic.twitter.com/dCNSTKxoGB— Ordnance Survey (@OrdnanceSurvey) March 12, 2019
Other image: Ordnance Survey
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