Stories from travels in

South Africa

Lioness in African sun

Light from a big sky

Late afternoon. April. South Africa. The African sun starts to set and this particular part of the world is bathed in a godly light. Cecile

elephant eyelashes

Playing with the elephants

A number of years ago, while sitting in her house in Slough, the indomitable EK promised that someday, she’d take me to play with the

birdwatching in South Africa

Birdwatching in South Africa

Since coming to terms with the fact that I fancied the geeky Malcolm (the birdwatcher in the 1980s TV comedy Watching) it’s been years since I’ve had