Kgalagadi Park 20 Nov – 2 Dec 2006 A short update to say that we had a great couple of weeks back in the Kalahari at Twee Rivirien, Nossob and Grootkolk camps. One undoubted highlight in terms of wildlife was seeing 2 leopards mating, the first leopards we’ve seen in 4 visits to this park. Apparently the female only comes in to season 2-3 days a year so the male has to make the most of it….. I know the feeling! We saw lions nearly e...

Monate Campsite UpingtonThanks to a superb service from Magda, Marius and the team at North West Ford & Mazda we now have a fully repaired Discovery, with a new drive shaft joint, back door lock and new oil seals.We’ve decided to return to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for 8 nights to see some animals before departing for the Cape area, and to give the vehicle a good workout.In the meantime we have had a relaxing time at Monate campsite, 12 km north of U...

Ralph’s Rant (a one off column.......maybe!) Returning from the UK to Upington in South Africa was almost as stressful as walking down the aisle with your zip undone (no, I didn’t walk down the aisle by the way, Angela dragged me up the steps of a Registry Office at gunpoint). We breezed in to Heathrow anticipating a couple of hours of relaxation (i.e. food & wine) before our flight only to be told by South African Airways that we could no...

Nossob Eco Trail 2-5 October 2006 You may recall from previous postcards that we returned from Namibia to Upington to join our US friends Kevin, Katie, Jennifer and Jamie on the Nossob 4x4 Eco Trail in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and then go over the border in to Botswana. We had completed the Nossob trail and were at Nossob Camp preparing for the Botswana leg when we got a radio message regarding my mother’s poorly condition. Sadly we were unabl...

Angela & I would like to thank everyone we met back in the UK over the last month, you have all been very kind and generous, as always. Special thanks to Dad, who is now in Southern Spain, Rob (for allowing us to take over his flat, his MG and his diet) Paula, for ensuring we got to Heathrow in plenty of time, to Karen & Graham, Phil & Sue, Lesley & Bill, Rob & Gill for wining and dining us and to Alan & Jane, Terry & Jan (good luck w...