{"id":6963,"date":"2013-05-15T20:09:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T20:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=6963"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:23:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:23:06","slug":"hunting-with-fort-richmond-safaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/hunting-with-fort-richmond-safaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting with Fort Richmond Safaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WaldronPond\" target=\"_blank\">Len Waldron<\/a> talks with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortrichmond.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Richmond Safaris<\/a>&#8216; Geoffrey Wayland about his first safari.<\/p>\n<!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered-->\n<p>You might also like these posts:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6958\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/safari-5-lessons-learned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6958\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6958\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Africa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Africa-300x200.jpg?resize=180%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Africa &#8211; Lessons Learned<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6933\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/romantic-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6933\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6933\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Strathcona Boots\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Strathcona-Boots-240x300.jpg?resize=144%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romantic Boots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor writer Len Waldron talks with Fort Richmond Safaris&#8216; Geoffrey Wayland about his first safari. 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