October's Green Thing is Walk once, to college or work or wherever. To tempt you to put one foot in front of the other, a bunch of talented musicians and writers have recorded some rather brilliant walking tunes and walking words that you can download, stick on your iPod or mp3 player and listen to as you walk.

Walk 105 64m

A mix of new tunes specially written to a walking beat by Howie B, Alucidnation, Roger Eno and others.

Walking Words 28m

Tales and rhymes about walking specially penned by Tracy Chevalier, John Hegley and others.

In Golden Brogues 9m

A loping track by Graeme Miller specially written to make short walks to Tesco a bit more exotic.