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Remember Jonathan Livingston Seagull
In the span of a mere 74 hours, a world can unfurl before your senses—a symphony of experiences. Tallinn, an ancient city, carries within...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 4, 20235 min read
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Beyond the Baltics
The ASF Team at the start of the journey, Klaipeda, Lithuania. From left to right. Rimantas Navickas, Richard Mark Dobson, Marker...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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Road to Tallin Part 2. (Along the wild coast )
'Seagull, you fly across the horizon Into the misty morning sun Nobody asks you where you are going Nobody knows where you're from'...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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Road to Tallin Part 1. (What stories Riga has to tell! )
"Ah, Riga, the heart of Latvia! A city that wears its history like a well-worn cloak, each cobblestone a witness to tales untold and as...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Road to Riga Part 2. (Samuel in Wonderland)
As day four dawned in Kuldiga, a feline presence emerged. This was no ordinary cat; she possessed the regal aura of a demi-goddess, her...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 27, 20234 min read
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Road to Riga Part 1. (thinking Doctor Shivago...)
Setting out on a remarkable two-day journey that would soon weave tales of camaraderie and perseverance, the team embarked from...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 24, 20233 min read
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A Sacristen Send Off
At 10:00 AM on a Sunday morning, the plan was to board the imposing black Toyota, but, as often happens, even the best-laid plans can go...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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Glamping in Jogailos
It's Saturday 19th, the day before departure, and there's much to be done indoors. Prep work. Testing camping gear. Charging the...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 20, 20232 min read
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In Solidarity with Vilnius.
As their Uber driver, Vladimir, chauffeured them from the airport towards central Vilnius, he openly remarked on the limited support that...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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Plans change direction-much like the wind.
Inclusivity ride 2019. Beijing to Mohe. 2615km traveled in 37 days. (See Route in Blue) Originally intending to journey eastward to...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 16, 20231 min read
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Soaring Beyond Limits: The Inspiring Flight of Ajmal Samuel
"That's one small jump for a disabled man, one giant leap for the disabled." Much like Neil Armstrong's audacious dream of journeying to...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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Kai Tak. Back to the Future
Backstories serve a crucial role, acting as a compilation of past events and circumstances predating the main narrative, often found in...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 11, 20232 min read
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'Knowing where you are going, is the first step to getting there'.
'Knowing where you are going, is the first step to getting there'. This could be one of Ajmal's sayings. You see he lives by a code of...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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The great ASF, the high north and a photographer in yellow rubber boots.
The count down begins. Exactly a week today I will climb aboard a Turkish airlines flight in Kuala Lumpur bound for Istanbul. From there...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 9, 20232 min read
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Leap of Faith
"Being challenged in life is inevitable. Being defeated is optional". Ajmal Samuel A n extraordinary journey began for me with an...
Richard Mark Dobson
Aug 5, 20232 min read
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FACE OFF
Rhino Horn. Asians think it's a cure for headaches and hangovers. Rhino slaughter is on the increase and on their conscience, but the...
Richard Mark Dobson
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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All Fenced In
You are deep in Elephant country. You are on foot. You feel alive, because your senses are in overdrive. Elephants with young can be...
Richard Mark Dobson
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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House of Worship
It's a Sunday morning, and you are up on a hill. But this is not just any Sunday, you know, a back home kind of Sunday. Or any kind of...
Richard Mark Dobson
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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GEO BORDERLINE.
Part 1. South Africa’s 3500km long and convoluted border line, which straddles the Indian Ocean from Kosi Bay on the East coast to...
Richard Mark Dobson
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Art Mimics Life
Now this image, created at 30th/sec at F2.8 gives me lots of satisfaction, and feels to me like it needs celebrating, over and above...
Richard Mark Dobson
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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