the long voyage

Thoughts, ideas, and observations from a wandering mind on a bike. Now there's two of us.

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The zoological delights of a Swedish antiques market. 🐇 It's good to get lost in the rain and not often are you lucky enough to be taken in be the generous #hotellmontagne. #taxidermy #hare #tawnyowl #buzzard #lesserspottedwoodpecker #duck #sweden (at Åmmeberg, Sweden)

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Behold the magnificent hornet moth! Despite it's blood-chilling appearance (if you're afraid of hornets that is) this critter is in fact totally harmless and was at ease posing for a few shots. Found on a poplar tree I was stringing my hammock up to, from which it had likely just emerged after a winter in a cosy coccoon, the little guy spent a while warming up in the sunlight, beating its wings furiously in preparation before taking to the skies in a somewhat unorthodox manner. A little clumsy perhaps, but after all, it was its first time.. #lookatthatface #hornet #moth #sesiaapiformis #insect #macro (at Brevik, Sweden)

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The flaking claret-red paint of a forgotten Swedish hunting tower is an otherworldly sight when shot in macro. #reindeerlichen #tinyantlers #macro #Cladonia portentosa (at Liared, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden)

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Too early for fruit, but the gorgeous lingonberry is in full flower, breaking through its bed of reindeer lichen. (at Norway)

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Sometimes the best road to take is the forbidden one, and it definitely takes you to the best places. Shortly after I took this a Golden eagle soared overhead, weightless and agile despite it's colossal wingspan. A nice night to say the least. (at Norway)

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Norwegian ants pack one hell of a punch. #toomanysteroids #ant #macro #thislensisheavy (at Norway)

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It took Jake and I two days to circumnavigate the mighty Folgefonna Glacier, it's meltwater run-off carving its way down all sides. #longwayround #glacier #waterfall (at Folgefonna Glacier)

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Knife meets mountain. #opinel

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Matt Hayes catching monsters in the beautiful Norwegian Hardanger fjord. Two weeks in Norway without a drop of rain made for exceptional cycling and toasty open-air sleeping by the campfire under the cool light of the midnight Sun. Note to self, don't light a fire on concrete unless you fancy an explosive awakening...#norway #fjord #tntconcrete #montyjoinsthecrew (at Hardanger Fjord, Norway)

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Matt Hayes catching monsters in the beautiful Norwegian Hardanger fjord. Two weeks in Norway without a drop of rain made for exceptional cycling and toasty open-air sleeping by the campfire under the cool the light of the midnight Sun. Note to self, don’t light a fire on concrete unless you fancy an explosive awakening…

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Oh what a big beak you have...#swan #bird #wemetinprague #beak #macro #nikon (at Prague, Czech Republic)

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Round and round and round we go. (at Kirdford, West Sussex, United Kingdom)

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There's always a bit of a struggle before getting back on your feet...#ladybird #struggle #macro #insect #ladybug #wednesday (at West Sussex)

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After a long day of running about, fighting, peeing on stuff and eating anything and everything you can find, there's simply nothing better than putting your feet up with your brothers and sisters in a warm cuddly puppy puzzle. It's a hard life..#wishicouldfit #husky #puppies (at Alta, Norway)

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And then all was white. #ice #dogs #dogsledding #nordnorge #Norway #minus13 (at Alta, Norway)

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You know you're in the arctic when you're spooning muesli into your mouth at -7, inside..! Thankfully next week I'll be leaving the caravan behind! #arctic #Alta #Norway #nordnorge #ice #thecoldisprettydamnbeautifulthough (at Alta, Norway)

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A brisk morning to say the least! Yet it's gotta be met head on, though some seem to take that more literally than others...! #faceplant #dogsledding #nordnorge #mushing (at Alta, Norway)