Inspiration: Travel Photos

With our trip fast approaching Owen and I are thinking of some sort of photo project that we can do to record our travels. A couple of projects that I'm loving:

Feet First
While sitting on a beach in England with his girlfriend, photographer Tom Robinson took a photo of their feet pointing out to sea. Since then they've documented all of their travels this way, with over 90 photos so far (that's a lot of travelling!).

To check out more photos visit Tom Robinson's website here.

The Longest Way
In 2007 Christoph Rehage planned to walk from China to Germany. He walked over 4,000 kms before he decided to stop, and took self potraits throughout his travels. These photos document the different places he walked through and the growth of a pretty impressive beard!

Have a look at the awesome video he made here, and to get the full story visit the Longest Way website here.

Inspiration: Camping

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
-Cyril Connolly

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But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: "Home is home, be it never so homely."
-Henry David Thoreau

I love camping. I'm not sure whether this is influenced by my childhood obsession with making huts, the chance to escape to the middle of nowhere, the challenge of living well without the trappings of civilisation, or that it combines two of my favourite things: eating outside and interesting living spaces!

The longest camping trip I've ever been on was for five weeks while travelling through Europe, but now I try to go camping at least one weekend every year. We've developed a tradition with some friends to go to camping at the same spot on a particular long weekend. It's a really relaxed place which allows dogs and camp fires, and also has bathroom facilities (which is always good!)

Are you into camping, or are the outdoors not really your thing?

Links
Eco Camping at Design Sponge
Backyard Camping at Wit + Delight
Do You Like Camping? at Cup of Jo
Get Cozy Round the Fire at Code for Something
Camper Vans and Caravans at Gypsy Girl's Guide
The Cosy Outdoors at Eat Drink Chic

Inspiration: Treehouses

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
- John Muir

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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
- Douglas Hyde

When I was nine years old I had every intention of living in a treehouse when I grew up. Nowadays the practical implications (plumbing/heating/high winds) mean that I wouldn't want to live in one full time, but I'm still a little bit obsessed. I wonder if Owen will help me make a treehouse hideaway in our backyard? I feel another project coming on...


Links
Treehouse of Amaze by Kris Atomic
Travel Fantasy: Treehouse Point by A Cup of Jo
Treehouse Inspiration at Pitch
Top 8 Most Amazing Treehouses at Freshome
Exotic Treehouse Wedding Destinations at Wedding Noveau
A Backyard Treehouse Inspired by Hobbits at Hooked on Houses

Inspiration: Picnics

Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree.
-Astrid Alauda

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As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.
-Stephen Graham

I'm a big fan of picnics - food just seems to taste better when eaten outside! Although I prefer picnics in summer I've decided that this winter I'm not going to let the weather stop me, so I'm going to stock up on warm clothes and recipes for good old fashioned comfort food. Any suggestions?

Links
Picnic Club at A Cup of Jo (I love this idea!)
Cold Weather Picnic Pack at Design*Sponge
DIY Picnic Placement at Feeding the Soil
Provencal Picnic at Design*Sponge
Great Outfits to Wear for a Picnic at Sensibly Styled
Picnic at Sweetly Yours

Inspiration: Bicycles

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.
-Christopher Morley

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A bicycle does get you there and more.... And there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat; potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun.
-Bill Emerson

Really, what's not to love about bicycles? They're a great way to fit some more exercise into your day, stylish (especially vintage or retro bikes with baskets and bells), good for the environment, and so cheap to run. I absolutely love this bike and am seriously thinking about buying it, but it's about the same price as a return ticket from New Zealand to Europe so I'm trying to work out my priorities at the moment!

Links
The Cycle Chic Manifesto from Copenhagen Cycle Chic
The Slackers Guide to Bike Commuting from Commute by Bike
Choosing a Bike also from Copenhagen Cycle Chic
The CFS Guide to Looking Good on a Bike from Code For Something
Like Your Bike! from London Cycle Chic
What to Wear from Bike Belles
Bike Love from A Cup of Jo
Bicycle Wine Rack at Design Sponge

Inspiration: Travel

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
- Robert Louise Stevenson

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Once you have started travelling you may never want to stop! I have definitely found this to be true, as the more countries I visit the more I realise there is still to see. It's hard to believe that my travels will soon be coming to an end (or more accurately a pause) so to compensate I have been scouring the internet for travel inspiration.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain

Links
Saving Money on Flights
6 Travel Tips from Oh Happy Day 
The Art of Travel Zen by Yes and Yes
How to Travel the World for Free (Seriously) at Traveller's Notebook
How to Have the Best Holiday Ever and Putting the Rave in Travel by Gala Darling
21 Tips to Help You Pack for a Trip at TravellersPoint

Inspiration: Adventure

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
-Amelia Earhart

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Let me tell you a little secret that I might later regret: as soon as I hear the word adventure I'm in. Just by referring to a mundane everyday occurrence as an adventure makes me want to get involved. And like beauty, adventure is in the eye of the beholder.

Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.
-Alexander Eliot

Links
Inject Adventure Into Your Everyday Life at Polka Dot Coaching
11 Adventures Anyone Can Use To Spice Up Their Life at My Super Charged Life
Everyday Life - An Adventure by Monika Borger