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Photo Story: Senegal

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 25, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Until my wallet got stolen from the Guest House room I was sleeping in at the time, I quite liked sleepy St Louis, the former capital of the French colony of Senegal. This photo of a shop front typified a scene...

The Big Africa Cycle Calendar 2013

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 21, 2012 in Headlines | 0 comments

Selecting 12 pictures for a calendar is never easy when you have hundreds to choose from. I’ve given it a go and made a calendar from The Big Africa Cycle. I’d be delighted if you bought one and spread...

Photo Story: Mauritania

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 18, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Mauritania is almost all desert, as this picture clearly shows. That red road running down my map gave the impression I was next to the Atlantic, which I suppose I was. In truth I rarely saw the sea. It was...

Photo Story: Morocco

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 11, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Many of my fondest memories of places in Africa are connected with children. Smiles and waves would frequently greet me at the roadside as I cycled along, but there were also places where the incessant calls and...

Photo Story: Portugal

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Oct 4, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

Following the coast south from Lisbon I had company on the road for a week in Portugal. As the owner of a cycle touring company I let him make the decisions about route-planning, which encompassed the best of...

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10 Dec

Here comes the sun. It's hard not to love the wide open spaces and landscapes that Namibia has on offer. Usually when I wild camp I search for somewhere out of sight from the road. Camping alone in a country you don't really know, and being found in the … https://t.co/B0Cd39ugfr

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2 Dec

Love this:
Elephant bike: ‘It's buy-one-give-one-free with an ethical twist’

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28 Nov

Morning light at camp. I'm almost always awake inside my tent before the sun rises; the coolest time of the day in desert environments - before the heat, light and wind break the soft stillness. Out of sight here is a fort, built by German soldiers as a police outpost during…

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