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Exploration is not something of the past, a long-gone Golden Age, as we're often taught, it's something of the present - and of the future. In fact, we need to get to understand our precious planet now more than ever, and fast.✌️
"Above all, I was always sure to keep a watchful eye on those I grew up with..."
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)
"Above all, I was always sure to keep a watchful eye on those I grew up with..."
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)
"I had a long-held ambition to help the planet by becoming a vegetation. Alas, I succumbed to temptation the very first day..."
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"I had a long-held ambition to help the planet by becoming a vegetation. Alas, I succumbed to temptation the very first day..."
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"But every now and then I would experience a quiet yearning, a feeling deep down that there was a world out there waiting to be discovered..."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way👍🏼😃
"But every now and then I would experience a quiet yearning, a feeling deep down that there was a world out there waiting to be discovered..."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way👍🏼😃
"Thankfully, my mother too began to understand the importance of rewarding pure, god-given talent."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"Thankfully, my mother too began to understand the importance of rewarding pure, god-given talent."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
And sometimes it helps to remember we're all in it together. "
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day - to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
And sometimes it helps to remember we're all in it together. "
(Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day - to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
(Presently near Templecombe, Dorset, where this oak has often given me such pleasure at dusk.) 🌏👍🏼
(Presently near Templecombe, Dorset, where this oak has often given me such pleasure at dusk.) 🌏👍🏼
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way!👍🏼😃)
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way!👍🏼😃)
(Your cheerful sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)
(Your cheerful sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)
"Little by little, I began to understand the importance at all times of having a certain degree of self-respect."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"Little by little, I began to understand the importance at all times of having a certain degree of self-respect."
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"And so it was that, day by day, with the help of my siblings, I learned such important life skills as People Management...'
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"And so it was that, day by day, with the help of my siblings, I learned such important life skills as People Management...'
(Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)
"Of course, being one of 57 siblings, it was important I quickly established that it was me who was top of the pecking order."
(Your upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day😃👍🏼)
"Of course, being one of 57 siblings, it was important I quickly established that it was me who was top of the pecking order."
(Your upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day😃👍🏼)
"From the very beginning, it was my very good fortune to be raised to appreciate the joys of Nature..."
(To help you on your way, your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day.👍🏼😃)
"From the very beginning, it was my very good fortune to be raised to appreciate the joys of Nature..."
(To help you on your way, your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day.👍🏼😃)
"In truth, even from the earliest days I was hardly able to contain my excitement at being born into this wonderful world of ours..."
(Your Upbeat Explorer sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day)
"In truth, even from the earliest days I was hardly able to contain my excitement at being born into this wonderful world of ours..."
(Your Upbeat Explorer sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day)
"And so it was that I returned from my very first adventure - a little visit to the local chicken farm."
(Your Upbeat Explorer sandwich wrapper of the day)
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"And so it was that I returned from my very first adventure - a little visit to the local chicken farm."
(Your Upbeat Explorer sandwich wrapper of the day)
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"On a damp morning, long ago and faraway a small crocodile inexplicably found himself wandering off..."
(Your upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day - and wishing you all the best with your OWN journeys this week)
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"On a damp morning, long ago and faraway a small crocodile inexplicably found himself wandering off..."
(Your upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day - and wishing you all the best with your OWN journeys this week)
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The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
The UK Chief Scout shares his advice for first-time explorers, reminding us that you don’t need every skill or qualification to begin your expedition journey.
Book tickets 🎟️🔗 www.rgs.org/explore
(Taken during my morning brisk walk to my children's school today - and wishing you too all the best, where ever you are on our planet.👍🏼😃)
(Taken during my morning brisk walk to my children's school today - and wishing you too all the best, where ever you are on our planet.👍🏼😃)
Final - probably! - upbeat Sketch Of The Day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper.
(Because everyone in the team deserves recognition - and a reminder that they may go on to achieve great things.)
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Final - probably! - upbeat Sketch Of The Day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper.
(Because everyone in the team deserves recognition - and a reminder that they may go on to achieve great things.)
👍🏼😃
(Upbeat message of the day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper.) 👍🏼😃
(Upbeat message of the day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper.) 👍🏼😃
(Upbeat Words Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.)
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(Upbeat Words Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.)
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Upbeat sketch-of-the-day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.
Don't put it off - there'll never be a 'right' time! 👍🏼😃
Upbeat sketch-of-the-day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.
Don't put it off - there'll never be a 'right' time! 👍🏼😃