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Capture the Colour…

August 20, 2012

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No matter how far I travel, my holiday photographs are always going to be a standing joke in my family. “Would you like to see my pictures?” I ask proudly, full memory stick in one hand and battered, ‘beginner’ SLR in the other. “Sure,” they reply patiently. “How many of them are of children and […]

Colombia’s River of Wonder: Caño Cristales

August 15, 2012

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful river. The river was famed throughout Colombia – coloured as it was by a rare underwater plant – but it posed just one problem for travellers. It was buried deep in the heart of the nation’s plains, 170 miles from Bogotá and notoriously difficult to reach. This […]

Chocolate and bicycles: I wish you could bottle Britain’s Olympic fever

August 9, 2012

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I am a dyed-in-the-wool Olympics lover. I will shake with nerves, scream at the television, watch endless replays, sob at medal ceremonies and allow my every waking thought to be occupied by the latest triumph or tragedy from the greatest show on Earth. The fact it’s happening in our backyard, well, that makes me even […]

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