A Long Weekend Hiking in the Peak District My last GearTalk was on the equipment I took with me on a two month epic journey round South America. Obviously, the needs for a four day hiking trip in England’s Peak District are very different...
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‘From HEL and Back’ is a platform for creative projects, stories and other visual offshoots from Tim Maher, an image-maker based in Helsinki.
Waiting for the train at Hope Station
Photo of the Day: Stop the Train, I want to get off! Continuing on from where I left off in yesterday’s post, here’s...
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PotD: Farewell to our European neighbours
Photo of the Day: Farewell, we’ll miss you Yesterday Article 50 was triggered by the British prime minister, Theresa...
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100 for 100: 100 – My Helsinki in Independence Centenary Year
1st Day of 100th Year: 100/100 – My Helsinki in Independence Centenary Year So, this image of ‘My Helsinki‘ is...
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100 for 100: 99 – Out with the Old
Penultimate day to 100th Year: 99/100 – Out with the Old It’s the last day of the year and, even though it’s...
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100 for 100: 98 – Broken Reeds in Cracked Ice
3 Days to 100th Year: 98/100 – Broken Reeds in Ice I was walking along the coast on yet another sunny winter’s day...
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100 for 100: 97 – Ice Crystals in the Sun
4 Days to 100th Year: 97/100 – Ice Crystals in the Sun There’s something special about those mornings when the sun...
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100 for 100: 96 – Misty Morning in Winter
5 Days to 100th Year: 96/100 – Misty Morning in Winter A celebration of the lack of colour that can abound in wintertime on...
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Visiting London with our two teenage children has become much more of an extended shopping trip, with the occasional cultural interlude and frequent food stops. Not that I’m complaining as I enjoy restocking my wardrobe just as much as...
We were spending a few days at a friend’s thatched cottage somewhere in the Norfolk countryside, eating well and drinking plenty as we caught up on each other’s news over the last 2-3 years. I woke up early on our final day, more...
When I say ‘the Last Word’, I don’t mean that I’m going to be able to give you all the low down you’ll need to get yourself around BA, far from it. This is more the last word on my own particular journey, the final...
Arriving at Jorge Chavez Airport in Lima after my timeout in Máncora brought back memories of all those times I and my siblings had flown in and out of here as children; the sadness of the parental goodbyes quickly evaporated if you were lucky...
After having been on the road for over a month and with my birthday looming, I decided to check out and head off to a beach for some well-deserved R & R. I’d heard good things about Máncora up in the far north of Peru and booked...
After a great five days in Cusco, I headed a little further south to Arequipa, the capital of Peru for a brief period in the mid 19th century, and still regarded by many of its inhabitants as the country’s cultural centre. Being the...
I arrived in Cusco before sunrise aboard the Bolivia Hop bus, having left La Paz almost 24hrs earlier. The journey had been broken up by spending half a day checking out Lake Titicaca so I wasn’t feeling too inhuman when my feet touched...
When doing a tour of the Salar de Uyuni, the salt flats themselves are only a small part of what you get to see when you visit this spectacular corner of the world. I’d heard a lot of good things about the amazing landscapes up in this...
Tupiza may not be the most happening town nor the most obvious starting place for a tour to the Salar de Uyuni (that would be the actual town of Uyuni) but I had met enough people on my travels who suggested that Tupiza was the place to go to...