The Telegraph's top ten audio trails, but do you agree?

I want this blog to start as I mean it to go on by offering you something to get your teeth into and encourage you to offer your own thoughts.

Having been contacted by the Daily Telegraph journalist Graham Norwood a month or so back I was aware an article looking at the phenomena of audio trails was being written. Last weekend (24th April 2010) the article appeared. iPod walks: nature treks go hi-tech is a really positive look at this increasingly favoured approach for interpreting heritage sites and the countryside.

It's not everyday you get mentioned in a national newspaper and after the excitement died down I began thinking about the influence these media machines have in shaping our opinions - very relevant considering the looming election.

The reason for this musing was the Telegraph's compilation of the top ten audio trails in the country. From a personal point of view it made great reading - five of the top eight were produced by Audio Trails. But how much should I read into this?

How was the list compiled and by what methods? I have listed that top ten below (although some of the links have been corrected). Do you agree with it and why? If not what are your favourite audio trails, guides and tours? And more importantly, why are they so?

Why do I ask? Not only am I a consumer too, but we should never blinker ourselves to learning from others (plus I like to keep an eye on the competition!)

TOP 10 TRAILS

1 Princetown This audio walk through moorland and old quarries includes music from folk star Seth Lakeman (dartmoor-npa.gov.uk)

2 Burbage Valley, Peak District 3,000 years of history are brought to life by this downloadable tour (moorsforthefuture.org.uk)

3 Ham Hill Two audio guides cover this country park's evolution from the Iron Age (visitsouthsomerset.com)

4 Tarka Trail Listen while you cycle along the old railway routes of north Devon (devon.gov.uk)

5 Brecon Beacon National Park Audio trails explain fossils, waterfalls and wildlife, in Welsh and English (breconbeacons.org)

6 Yorkshire Dales National Park Listen to advice on finding red squirrels (yorkshiredales.org.uk)

7 Offa's Dyke This audio guide leads walkers through Moel Famau Country Park up to Jubilee Tower (nationaltrail.co.uk)

8 North East Derbyshire Hear how Holmewood, a former mining area, has become an unlikely haven for wildlife (www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk)

9 Bellever, Devon Local walkers give a potted history of the Dartmoor Pony (dartmoor-npa.gov.uk)

10 Hadleigh Country Park View Kent, Canary Wharf and the Dartford Bridge from the highest viewing points in Essex (visitessex.com)