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3 Lectures That Will Help You Tell Better Stories
…hing this speech. Why This Matters Maria Popova summarises it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI Andrew Evans –TEDxDanubia 2011 — “Open Road, Open Life” Andrew is National Geographic‘s ‘Digital Nomad’, circling the globe in search of adventure and using social media to tell his stories. In this TEDx lecture he starts by explaining how he got to Antarctica. [SPOILERS] His method? Simple. He just collected his belongings, left his home…
Cheap British Train Tickets: Here’s Why You Need To Plan Ahead
…a good slice of the cost of travel, or even all of it. http://www.gumtree.com – Choose your departure city, and check under “Tickets”. http://www.freecycle.org – Find the group for the city you’re leaving & check the last 5 days of posts. http://tickets.shop.ebay.co.uk/ – eBay UK’s ticket deals. 2. Estimate How Long You’ll Need To Book Tickets, And Double It If you’re in a rush, you’ll cut corners and spent money unnecessarily. You won’t have tim…
Home Is What’s Left Of You
…tting – but it felt oddly manageable. Then I realised why: https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1033449880663072768 https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1033450510970499072 https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1033451191156592641 https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1033452754797318144 https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1033453313424064512 Videogaming used to be an excellent trigger for shame. Oh for god’s sake, Mike, you’re [somewhere in your t…
A Scilly Swim (But Not Yet)
…t it’s the best you get in this country… So when can I go for a swim, Mike? Soon, Mike. Soon. Image: sunny_me, Tom Corser (www.tomcorser.com)….
Mongol Rally 2011: The Festival Of Slow (Clothing Optional)
…writing. You can track the progress of the Mongol Rally teams here: http://www.theadventurists.com/the-adventures/mongol-rally/live (And go say hi to my friends Dave, Deb, Rick & Sherry of the Social Media Syndicate. They’ve already been pulled over by the police, and probably need your support). Images: Mike Sowden, 2011. Many thanks go to Travel4Press for featuring the Festival Of Slow as a press opportunity for freelance travel journalists. If…
So You Want To Be A Travel Blogger in 2020?
…Andrew Evans, below. Or read Dan & Audrey. Or… Okay, I’ll stop now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5pZ-poLyOw 7. Learn To Read Referring back to 1) again – you’re here because someone wrote or did something amazing, and it inspired you to follow their footsteps. So, read all their stuff! And learn how they learned to do that amazing thing. (For example, did you know Bill Bryson spent a number of years working at newspapers on London’s Fleet Stree…
Hadrian’s Wall: Fear and Loathing in Twice Brewed
…downstairs, stop being an idiot, have a beer, sit by the fire and warm up? Come on. Give me a good reason why not. Can you give me a good reason why you should drag your wet, clammy gear back on and walk the couple of miles of the Wall you skipped for perfectly sensible reasons, Mike? Can you? I find I can’t. But I’m English, so I drag my socks and boots back on, squelch my way out the door and go do it anyway. *I gave it a clean later. Images: Bo…