| 1. | Chinook - Afghanistan 2007
Flying in Chinooks during my time as an embedded photographer with Coalition troops.
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| 2. | Mudhifs - Iraq 2012
Drinking coffee with the Ma'dan in a mudhif in the marshes of southern Iraq.
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| 3. | Cessna - UK 1985
Learning to fly small powered aircraft. |
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| 4. | O'Groats - UK 2014
Finishing my End to End cycle of the UK.
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| 5. | Baalbek - Lebanon 2004
Visiting the ancient city of Heliopolis.
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| 6. | The Great Wall - China 2005
Walking along part of the Great Wall of China.
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| 7. | Palmyra - Syria 2004
Strolling along city streets old enough to have been mentioned in Babalonian records.
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| 8. | Dog - China 2005
The experience of eating dog on a train whilst travelling through China.
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| 9. | Krak - Syria
Krak des Chevaliers is possibly the most complete Crusader Castle in the world.
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| 10. | Parthenon - Greece 2001
To stand in a 2,500 years old building that may have been built by Pericles. |
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| 11. | Naadam - Mongolia 2005
Spectating at the centuries old wrestling, horsemanship and archery tournament.
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| 12. | Thesiger, Eton - UK 2003
Attending Thesiger's funeral at Eton College Chapel amongst the celebrated gathering of explorers & expeditionists. |
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| 13. | Benhaddou - Morocco 2007
Climbing the streets of Ait Benhaddou which featured in Jesus of Nazereth, Gladiator, The Mummy & other films.
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| 14. | Colosseum - Italy 2008
Standing in the Colosseum and trying to imagine the carnage and brutality that unfolded here centuries before. |
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| 15. | Hercules - Afghanistan 2007
Flying in a C130 whilst in Afghanistan with the troops.
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| 16. | Buddha - Thailand 1996
Seeing the largest reclining Buddha in the world at Wat Po |
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| 17. | Angkor - Cambodia 1996
Walking in the ruins of Angkor Wat before the Tomb Raider film opened it up to mass tourism |
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| 18. | Taransay - UK 2000
Spending a year on a remote Scottish island as a participant in an early reality TV program
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| 19. | Bungee - UK 1989
Doing two bungee jumps. Definitely never again! |
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| 20. | Vatnajokull - Iceland 1982
Ice climbing on Iceland's largest glacier |
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| 21. | Sigirya - Sri Lanka 2006
Climbing the 660 feet near-vertical cliff to get to the top of Lion Rock
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| 22. | Guevara - Bolivia 2004
Walking the dusty roads of La Higuera where Che Guevara was executed in 1967 |
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| 23. | Leptis - Libya 2008
Standing under the arch of Septimius Severus - the only Roman Emperor born in Africa
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| 24. | Angel - Venezuela 2013
Swimming at the foot of the Angel Falls and looking up at a column of water almost a kilometre high |
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| 25. | Pyramid - Egypt 1982
Climbing the 455 foot Great Pyramid at Giza (something that you can't do any more) |
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| 26. | Dug-out - Venezuela 2013
Navigating the Orinoco river delta in a dug out
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| 27. | Gliding - Scotland 1986
Learning to fly gliders as a CCF cadet at school |
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| 28. | Tarpons - Venezuela 2013
Los Roques - my favourite dive location in crystal clear waters with huge pre-historic looking fish called Tarpons |
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| 29. | Rafting - Bolivia 2004
Eight weeks white water rafting - expedition in remote areas of Bolivia |
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| 30. | Thingvellir - Iceland 1984
Sitting in the middle of the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the seat of the original Icelandic Viking Parliament |
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| 31. | Arrested - Ethiopia 2003
Being arrested in an Addis Ababa slum for photography |
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| 32. | Geysir - Iceland 1984
Seeing the Great Geysir erupt to a height of over 40 metres |
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| 33. | Tikal - Guatemala 1998
Seeing a sunrise from the Temple of the Jaguar |
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| 34. | Channel - England 2012
Attempting (and failing) a Channel relay-swim |
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| 35. | Victoria - Zambia 2013
Seeing what is arguably the world's largest waterfall, viewed by Livingstone in 1855 |
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| 36. | Danakil - Ethiopia 2003
Walking in the Danakil Depression which has the hottest average daily temperature of anywhere on the planet
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| 37. | Godafoss - Iceland 1982
My favourite waterfall in Iceland and a great spot to camp (upwind of the spray!) |
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| 38. | Soldiers - Beiruit 2004
Caught taking an illicit photo of a sniper & encountering some serious 'difficulties' with soldiers and undercover police |
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| 39. | Piranha - Venezuela 2013
Swimming in the piranha infested waters of the Orinoco |
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| 40. | Pole - Canada 2013
550 km trek to the Magnetic North Pole |
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| 41. | Tent - Australia 2010
Waking up in the Outback and opening my tent to many magnificent sunrises |
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| 42. | Sunset - Belize 1998
Sinking a beer at the Lazy Lizard pub by The Split on Caye Caulker |
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| 43. | Bamiyan - Afghanistan 2007
Seeing the site of the Great Buddhas, so tragically destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 |
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| 44. | Caldera - Cape Verde 2009
Staying at a hotel inside the caldera of an active volcano on the island of Fogo |
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| 45. | Tississat - Ethiopia 2003
One of the most impressive falls on the Blue Nile and one I often discussed with Wilfred Thesiger |
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| 46. | Bagram - Afghanistan 2007
Seeing the 9/11 Memorial Parade at Bagram Military Base |
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| 47. | Petra - Jordan 1999
Walking through the Petra Gorge and seeing the Treasury in the ancient Nabataean city |
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| 48. | Yonaguni - Japan 2013
Diving on the mysterious Yonaguni Monument |
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| 49. | Crabs - Vanuatu 2009
Watching giant coconut crabs climb trees |
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| 50. | Wreck - Cyprus 2014
Diving on the Zenobia which is one of the Top Ten Wreck Dives in the world |
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| 51. | Mekong - Thailand 1996
Swimming across the mighty Mekong River |
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| 52. | Freddie - Scotland 1974
Meeting Freddie Mercury in the swimming pool at Peebles Hydro around 1974 |
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| 53. | Everest - England 2003
Meeting 3 member's of the 1953 summit team on their 50th anniversary |
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| 54. | Stampede - USA 2001
Retracing the Stampede Trail in Alaska (6 years before the film Into The Wild was made) |
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| 55. | Amazon - Brazil 2007
Swimming in the Amazon in the rain forests of central Brazil |
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| 56. | Mashouf - Iraq 2011
Paddling a mashouf through the Iraqi marshlands |
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| 57. | Harriet - Australia 2003
Meeting Darwin's 170 year old tortoise at Australia Zoo |
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| 58. | Water - Vanuatu 2009
Watching tribal women perform the Water Song in the Vanuatu Islands |
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| 59. | Streaking - Canada 2013
Streaking at Resolute Bay (-40C!!) after walking to the Mag North Pole |
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| 60. | Scree - Cape Verde 2009
Scree running down the 9,281 foot volcano on Fogo |
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| 61. | Cycle - Australia 2010
4,000 kms solo cycle roughly along the route of Burke & Will's 1860 expedition |
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| 62. | War - Mediterranean 1982
Being on the SS Uganda when it was requisitioned by the UK Government to be part of the Falklands task force |
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| 63. | Mountains - Scotland 2002
Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike, Snowdon, Slieve Donard, Carrantouhill = The Five Peaks Challenge |
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| 64. | Monastery - France 2014
Visiting Mont Saint Michel in Normandy |
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| 65. | Utah Beach - France 2014
Being in Normandy for the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings |
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| 66. | G2014 - Scotland 2014
Working at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow |
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| 67. | Northern Lights - Alaska 2001
Seeing the Northern Lights in Alaska |
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| 68. | Sea Ice - Alaska 2015
Walking across the shifting sea ice in the Bering Strait |
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| 69. | Preacher Man - Vanuatu 2009
Preaching in church |
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| 70. | Zorbing - England 2013
Being rolled down a hill in huge plastic ball! |
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| 71. | Bania - Russia 2015
Being birched in a Bania in Moscow, Russia |
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| 72. | USAT Liberty
Diving the famous 400 foot wreck torpedoed by the Japanese in 1942 |
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| 73. | Hadrian's Wall - England 2016
Walking across England, following the famous 2,000 year old wall |
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| 74. | Garni Temple - Armenia 2017
The sole remaining Greco-Roman temple in the whole of the former Soviet Union |
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| 75. | Galungan - Indonesia 2017
The week long festival marking ancestral spirits visiting those still on Earth |
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| 76. | Ice Diving - Russia 2015
Diving with Beluga Whales under the arctic sea ice in northern Russia |
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| 77. | Earthquake - Bali 2017
Laying in bed on the morning of 09/11/17 and feeling an earthquake |
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| 78. | Miss World - Mauritius 2013
A chance meeting in a bar that led to me taking photo shoots of Miss World entrants |
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| 79. | The Pilgrims Way - England 2020
Walking 240 kilometres from Winchester to Canterbury along the ancient pilgrimage route |
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| 80. | Borodino - Russia 2016
Watching 1,000s in the re-enactment of Napoleon’s defeat outside Moscow |
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| 81. | Scuba Instructor - Indonesia 2017
Qualifying as a scuba instructor on Bali |
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| 82. | Rothenburg - Germany 2020
Visiting the medieval town where Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed |
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| 83. | Castles - San Marino 2019
Walking the ridgelines between the castles in this micro-state |
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| 84. | Cave diving - Greece 2020
Scuba diving through limestone caves into the jaw dropping Hole of Ha, off Corfu |
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| 85. | Kotor - Montenegro 2013
Wandering the peaceful, cobbled streets of this ancient fortified city |
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| 86. | Lake Baikal - Russia 2019
Walking and skiing, 639kms solo across the frozen surface of the world’s largest freshwater lake |
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| 87. | Fingals Cave - Scotland 2019
Sailing to the Isle of Staffa, via Mull and Iona, to see the magnificent basalt cave and cliffs |
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| 88. | Tiger's Nest - Bhutan 2015
Seeing a remote monastery clinging to a cliff side high on a Bhutanese mountain |
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| 89. | St John's Co Cathedral - Malta 2017
Outstanding architecture, breath taking interior. My favourite building by The Knights Hospitaller |
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