June challenge: 2014 version

[nou]

It's nearly June! Let's do the June challenge again.

Here are the themes: theme I: buses, theme II: lines, theme III: doing something different. Here are reports from previous years: I.(a), I.(c), I.(d), II.(a), II.(b), II.(c), II.(d), III.(a), III.(b), III.(c), III.(d).

To complete the challenge, all you need to do is:

• Make an attempt during June 2014 to follow at least one set of instructions from at least one theme.
• Report back to the community, either via a complete trip report or simply by leaving a comment on this post stating what you did and how it went.

As before, various bits of flaneurs swag will be offered to everyone who completes the challenge. The more themes you try, the more swag you get.

Who's in?

Comments

[nou]

A small walk with plenty of sitting down is better than none! I'd love to hear about your beer glass walk variant.

(Would it help if I emailed you first? Same address as before?)

[cxcvi]

Ok. This might warrant a post of its own, but here's the general idea:

String Walk

You will need:
A city to walk in
A map of said city
Some string
A way of cutting said string
A way of measuring said string might be useful as well?
A pencil

Method:
1: Decide how long a walk you want to do.
2: Using the scale of your map, decide how long that would be on the map that you are using.
3: Cut a piece of string that is about twice that length.
4: Open the map up to roughly the area that you want to walk in.
5: Toss the string into the air so that it lands on the map. This may take a few attempts, depending on all of the usual factors.
6: Use the pencil to trace along one edge of the string, to mark the walking route.
7: Determine a suitable start (and end) point for your walk, based on all of the usual factors.
8: Walk!

Note that I haven't been able to test this yet, but hopefully I'll be able to at some point.

(Hopefully. Yes. We could also talk in IRC.)

[nou]

Ooh, interesting! Why is the string twice the length of the walk? Are you supposed to ignore loops?

(I'm not on IRC much at the moment, so I have emailed you.)