If you're into RSS feeds, Reeder is capable of caching your feeds offline - and you can choose how many items and whether images are included too. Reeder can cache feeds from RSS for consumption while you're surrounded by Highland cattle.

“Reading”, as the practice is known was first developed thousands of years ago. Brilliantly though, there's a clever technique that has been developed that can distract your brain from the hell of disconnection by helping your hallucinate inside your own head. You can't scroll through Twitter, you can't check your email, and you can't even catch up on the news headlines. If you're used to ubiquitous connectivity, after a few minutes of disconnection your fingers might get a little twitchy. Sadly, routing and points of interest are less functional - but at least you'll be able to see the path ahead. After searching for a place online, you can hit “Save Offline Map” and it will let you draw a box around the area you want to save (up to a point).

As it is OS maps, it is particularly good for walking, as it will show you the relief alongside other data that OS people deem important, like the location of churches (and denomination) and postboxes.Īnd what if you really miss Google? Then the latest iteration of the Google Maps mobile apps do contain an offline mode, but it is much more limited. The Ordnance Survey also has an official app, which let's you use micropayments to buy chunks of the official map of Britain for use offline. The Ordnance Survey app is excellent for walking excursions off grid.

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