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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Getting started

Preparing to travel

24 August 2013 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

Preparing to leave the UK, i needed to sort out the flat i was renting, sell some scuba diving kit, sort out bank accounts and prepare the motorcycle and my kit.

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Choosing a WordPress theme for a motorcycle travel blog

24 August 2013 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

I wanted a WordPress themes that would show my route, where i am and also allow me to blog. My first itteration, which though fulfilled my need of a set of pins in a map was not a useful way to communicate information about my trip. The second iteration created 2 sites, one for the map and a super-site blog.

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Why blog?

15 August 2013 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

Blogging

I am certainly no Shakespeare, my GCSE English results made that clear many years ago. Throughout this site, you will experience a liberal scattering of misspelling, bad grammar and poor punctuation. Where possible, i hope that WordPress picks this up and helps me to correct. My philosophy has become, I?d rather communicate adequately, than not … Continue Reading ››
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Sometimes you wish the signs were placed before the danger. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210733057/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I came across the guy on the right trying to inflate the front tyre of the motorcycle, while it still had a punctured inner tube. Near Arusha, Tanzania. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14402047762/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
There are many hippos wallowing in the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330683588/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
2014-06-18 10.10.47 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14479227853/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Hollowing out a canoe from a tree trunk is hard work. Near Kande, Malawi. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209951720/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
In Swaziland, they include tiger fish alongside the "Big 5" to make the "Big 6" • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14397182265/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Map of Africa, Wilderness, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15247227526/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The end of the road at the Great Australian Bight • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/24454301740/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The rugged group of rounders players who meet on a Tuesday night in Nairobi, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210942499/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>

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