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Dawn Patrol
The last two days I have eschewed my ‘new’ habit of cycling to work in favour of a much earlier start, but a greater reward: powered paraglider “Dawn Patrols”. Keith Pickersgill of Xplorer PPG invited me to join them in flying from Kreeftebaai just south of Melkbosstrand on Monday at 05h15 (just in time to [...]
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Also tagged aviation, dawn patrol, paragliding, powered paragliding, PPG
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Gratuitous flying
Apologies to people reading this who are not paraglider or hang-glider pilots… it may not make much sense (but then again, does your life make sense if you’re not a free-flying pilot? Think about it…) I was blessed with an actual day off today, and even more fortuitously one on which my wife is stuck [...]
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Also tagged adam west, cross country, hang-gliding, hangglider, kommetjie, little lion's head, llandudno, niel marx, paraglider, paragliding, signal hill, voidhawk, winter
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Random Photo – Welcome to South Georgia
South Georgia is without doubt one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. I first set foot there in Right Whale Bay, late one summer evening, and was confronted with pandemonium – more seals than I had ever seen before, mixed with more penguins than I could comprehend, surrounded by other birds on [...]
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Also tagged antarctica, cheeseman, expedition, photography, south georgia
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Random Photo – Ice in Cierva Cove
It’s not only the wildlife in Antarctica that is photogenic: the landscapes, sea and ice combine in innumerable ways to create awesome beauty. While slowly cruising around Cierva Cove on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the groups was captivated by a pair of crab-eater seals. Turning around, I shot the sculpted ‘bergs beneath [...]
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Also tagged antarctica, cheesemans, cierva cove, expedition, photography
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Random Photo – Caracara
On New Island in the Falklands, this Striated Caracara became very curious while I lay in the grass and watched the clouds drift past. The ‘Johnny Rook’ has a bad rep – some would say well-deserved – but I found them charismatic and delightful… perhaps because they, too, are a little rough around the edges. [...]
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Also tagged caracara, cheeseman, expedition, falklands, photography, wildmedic
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Random Photo – Giant Petrel
For the want of time (ok, let’s face it: self-discipline) to write posts, I thought I’d start trying to regularly post excerpts from my photographic collection. It is very likely that the photographs will not be contemporaneous, as I’m seldom ready to post pictures while still travelling, but hopefully they will be interesting. Today’s image [...]
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Also tagged antarctica, cheesman, expedition, falklands, giant petrel, photography
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