He was an officer in the British Parachute Regiment, where he served in Afghanistan fighting against Taliban insurgents. After two gap years he studied history at Nottingham University, and that was followed by more travel, then Army officer training at Sandhurst. The son of two teachers, he attended St Peter’s Primary School in Caverswall then Painsley, before heading off to travel the globe for two years at the age of 18. Levison Wood, far left, with his silver Duke of Edinburgh award at Painsley RC High School, Cheadle, in 1999 Those things really encouraged me to go out and see the world." "We went to the Roaches for our Bronze, the Peak District for our Silver and I think the Brecon Beacons for our Gold. "Painsley didn't offer Duke of Edinburgh but I organised it with a few of my mates and we went on mini-expeditions. "Doing the Duke of Edinburgh awards was the catalyst," he said. The 'mini-expeditions' he went on with friends for the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme set him on the path to being a global explorer. READ: Here's how your children can travel the world with North Staffordshire adventurer Levison Woodīut these grand adventures had their humble origins in hikes through Staffordshire as a teenager at Painsley Catholic College in Cheadle.
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Among his many adventures - documented in his books and TV series - he has walked the length of the Nile, trekked from Afghanistan to Bhutan across the Himalayas and circumnavigated the Arabian peninsula. "I've spent a lot of time in deserts," said the 40-year-old, who grew up in Forsbrook, "which has been good practice for the great heatwave."Ī former major in the Parachute Regiment, Levison is no stranger to harsh climates.
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The adventurer has recently bought land out there with two friends where they plan to create a desert camp packed full of activities for groups and travellers.īut when we spoke on the hottest day in UK history, even the Colorado desert seemed somewhat cool in comparison to London, where he has lived for 12 years. Well worth the $2 admission price for those that love to discover news.Explorer and author Levison Wood had just got back from the Colorado desert when temperatures in the UK soared to record levels. You may be quite surprised at the stuff that you may end up finding out because of it. But still, I was able to find a good variety of topics to read about by using the app. Sometimes though, the choice of related topics aren't "chance encounters" but pretty straightforward.
Perhaps more information can be displayed in the article summaries in an update. The summary of an article can feel a bit short sometimes, or not give you enough. Hopefully stuff like this (especially RIL) can be added in the future. There aren't options to adjust text size in the article lists or related topics or even support for Read It Later. From there, the cycle begins anew.Ĭurrently, the only setting in ANE is to add an Instapaper account. With all those related topics, one is surely going to get lost in hours of reading material, right? What happens if you want to search for something specific? You can do it the long way, which is tapping back dozens of times, or you can use that white magnifying glass icon in the top right corner.
The cycle of finding content and related content will continue. This screen will show a bunch of related tags that are associated with the article that you were just reading and if you tap on any of them, you'll get another list of articles.
The Related Topics is where the fun comes from in ANE. You can send the article to Instapaper, email or copy a link, or open in Safari from the Action Menu. One takes you to the Actions menu, and the other takes you to Related Topics. Whenever you view the synopsis screen, you will see two buttons along the bottom. There will be a link at the top and bottom of the article to view the full page with the in-app browser. Individual articles will be presented in plain text thanks to Instapaper's Text Engine for the best text reading experience on mobile devices. When you find an article you'd like to read, you can tap it to show a brief synopsis or excerpt from the article, and then the option to read the full article. When you search for your topic, you'll get presented with a list of articles. This can lead to plenty of interesting reading and perhaps even picking up a thing or two!
By default, there is a random subject that is entered each time you go back to that screen. When the app is first launched, you'll see a single text field where you can type in a subject. The interface of ANE is very minimalistic and simple, with a nice texture added that compliments the plain design.
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