Category: Nerdy things
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Embracing vulture culture…
When we crossed the border between India and Nepal, one of the first sights that greeted us was a massive vulture circling over a sandy river bed. It was the first vulture I have seen in the wild and an impressive sight, all the more important because of the severe decline in vulture populations in…
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Cycle touring and carbon dioxide emissions: Are we helping or contributing?
I bought a cat eye cycle computer before we left Europe as the one I left home with failed within the first week of leaving. One of the features the new one has is the amount of CO2 we have ‘saved’ through cycling and not driving which is quite interesting, I have often wondered whether…