Ever since I started cycling and, more recently, trail running, I've been blown away by the sites that I see en route to the top of a mountain, or cruising along the coastline to Cape Point. Often I've taken photos and either put them on twitpic, facebook or just left them on my phone to show my friends, which is normally met with a good response each time.

So the other day, as usual, I stood atop a mountain and looked out across an incredible view. I figured it was time to stop being selfish and create a place where others can also show off what we almost take for granted on our various endeavours.

I also wanted the blog to lightly promote exercise for those of us who need a little inspiration to get out there. I wanted to show that it's not all pain and no gain, that there is some serious reward for your efforts at the end of the day… And so spawned "Wish you were Here" a user-generated photo blog.

Converting a Theme

Knowing how easy it is to publish content on Tumblr (I've been using it on http://marcperel.tumblr.com ) I knew that it was the perfect platform to use for this project, and in our latest theme MicroDepth, I had the perfect theme (with its semi transparent elements) to suit.

The basic conversion from regular MicroDepth to Wish You Were Here took literally 5 minutes. This consisted of finding a breathtaking background for the blog, domain registration and securing a tumblr extension.

After a few more tweaks to add the submission page and other relevant into, I had a really cool community generated blog ready for launch.

In order to keep the site moving forward and varied (who wants to see a thousand  pictures of Hout Bay?) I've opened the site up to the community, so that any one can show off their own pictures.

So feel free to submit your shots (there are some basic rules) and I'll publish them as we go along.