This is not quite how I thought that this blog would operate. In the past this has been for the exclusive use of Kruger Park trips. However, a number of you have asked about our recent trip to UK so…
Of course August and September are flower months in the Cape. Having never witnessed this spectacle before, we seize on the chance of getting away for a few days. On Monday, 5th September, we head northward along the N7, past…
I continue to draw off my library of photographs. Waxbills, Buntings, Pytillias, Twinspots, Finches and Mannikins Often when driving along the roads of Kruger, small birds will pop up from the roadside ahead and dart off into the shelter of…
The pull of Kruger is too great and as I sit down in Somerset West beset by the blustery Cape winter, I am drawn to dip into my library of photographs and share with you some of my Kruger memories.…
Friday, 24th June A lovely stopover on our way back to the Cape Is Karoo National Park, just outside Beaufort West. We arrived here at 2pm this afternoon after travelling through a rain soaked Karoo with sheets of water lying…
Wednesday, 15th We pack up at sunrise after some lovely days spent at the laidback Satara campsite. There is plenty of space and one just pitches camp wherever a gap is available – well clear of the neighbours. We make…
Tuesday, 14th Our plans have changed a little for two reasons. Firstly, my recently repaired photographic computer has packed up again necessitating another trip to Nelspruit and secondly, son David and family are joining us at Skukuza on Thursday. What…
Saturday, 11th With still a light drift from the south and some cloud about, we head for Sweni S126. There is always the dilemma of whether to go quickly and be the first to find exciting sightings on the road…
Thursday. 9th With Renette much improved and after five delightful days spent with David (2nd son), Steph and grandchildren, the call of Kruger sounds. So at 5.45am we leave Kyalami and begin the trek eastward. How the poor folks in…
Wednesday, 1st The weather has settled now and the glorious Lowveld days follow one after the other. A bright start sees us leave camp in chilly 9℃ clear conditions as we head east for the Sweni Bird hide near the…
Saturday, 28th We always enjoy Skukuza even though this was a stuttering effort. Rain and Nelspruit interrupted the flow but today we head for Satara, then Shingwedzi, back to Satara, back to Skukuza and then finally Bergendal – each for…
Highly frustrating for me is that my website support team has been unable to find the fault which is preventing the blog being automatically sent to my subscribers. One can only hope. Tuesday, 24th At last we wake to a…
To add to my problems, the settings on my computer have come back changed and you subscribers are not receiving my emailed notification of my posts. I am now in the hands of my technical support. Saturday 21st Heavy rain…
To add to my problems, the settings on my computer have come back changed and you subscribers are not receiving my emailed notification of my posts. I am now in the hands of my technical support. Kruger could not have…
I am preparing to resume my blogs from Kruger but I note that this post about the Cape was never posted. If you are interested you can find out what we have been doing down there this past year. At…