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What is an Expedition? 30 Apr

This spring we set foot on the Antarctica and I had pause to reflect on the brave people who had first ventured as far as the White Continent
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Return to Ankarana 02 Nov

Returning to Madagascar after SUCH a long time meant that I had to leaf through "Lemurs of the Lost World" to remind myself what we did where, and when.
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HAIRPIN BENDS & WASHED AWAY ROADS 15 Feb

This piece, published in the <em>Epsom and Ewell Advertiser</em> on Thursday 23<sup>rd</sup> September 1976, was my first foray into travel writing and I have gritted my teeth and resisted the urge to edit, improve and punctuate it.
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