Ideas or Actions
I spent this evening daydreaming about possible expeditions. Fittingly, in the pub just down the road from the Royal Geographical Society.
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Don’t be afraid to look a little closer
A bird in the hand is definitely worth two in the bush – at least in terms of inspiring young people to take an interest in wildlife and conservation…
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Mountains and Molehills
If you’re tired or hungry or fruitlessly laboring, it’s easy to make mountains out of mole hills..
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6 Wild Places on my Wishlist
The more you know, the saying goes, that more you realise you know nothing. The same is true for traveling, I think..
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Two things I carried on my last expediton
Whilst packing for Oman I was aware that whatever I decided to take, I would probably have to carry. That’s a wonderful incentive for packing light.
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8 Expedition Lows
Expeditions aren’t all fun all of the time. Low points can leave you wondering why you’re there, pushing you towards giving up, amplified by the very nature of expedition life..
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Good things happen when you least expect it
On one particularly tiring and long day, the very instant my head hit the pillow (insert: a sandy pair of rather grim trousers) the valley boomed with the rasping bellow of an Arabian Leopard.
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In Praise of the Little Guy
Have you ever heard of the ‘Big 5′?
Supposedly the five African animals most difficult and dangerous to hunt on foot. Unfortunately, it’s more a marketing term aimed at tourists than anything else.
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On Geodes: Geology and Philosophy
We had been bouncing along in the 4×4′s since first light. Progressively the road turned from tarmac to gravel to sand, and then with the minarets of Al Hashman fading back into the heat haze..
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