tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49034479485214907752024-03-05T09:28:06.949+02:00Sean PattrickThe Adventures of a Naturalist.Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-74631564657783395332013-11-14T20:35:00.001+02:002013-11-14T20:35:54.757+02:00Ranger.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year has been a busy one that's for sure. I have been so fortunate to be involved with the Field Rangers in the Kruger National Park. We have been assessing and training them to track people. Unfortunately poachers!</div>
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The field rangers are such a wonderful bunch of guy's and girls. Field rangers are a positive bunch who thrive on being successful and put their all into their training and work.Field rangers are doing their best in very trying circumstances. They just like the rest of us they have family's, mortgages, school fees and all the rest! They spend most of their days on patrol in the bush in one or other section of the park. In the scorching summer with temperatures reaching the high 40C's, the summer thunder storms, and the cold, dry winter days followed by freezing nights.</div>
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Without them our rhino would be decimated already and we would be fighting to save our elephants. These guys try to make sure that never happens. They are just as heart sore every time we lose a rhino!</div>
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As most people get ready to take a holiday and celebrate Christmas with friends and family remember our men and women in green.</div>
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They are our front line! the thin green line in a war against poaching!</div>
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My thoughts will be with them this Christmas.</div>
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Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-90646766327085700832013-09-26T22:18:00.002+02:002013-09-26T22:18:46.873+02:00ExploringMy son Ben asked to use a camera this holiday. At first I wanted to give him a long story about being careful with it and how expensive cameras are etc. Then I realised that he was responsible and it was a step in learning responsibility. More importantly it took him into his own world. He could look at things in a new way and spend time outside just exploring. Isn't that what got me into this career of mine, the sheer fascination with the outdoors?<br />
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I think this shows a real eye for composition!</div>
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A self portrait on game drive.</div>
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I look forward to spending a good few hours with Ben behind the lens in the future. I also think photography is such a good tool to allow people to be kids again and see things in a new light. I always enjoy looking at how so many people can see the same object in so many different ways.</div>
Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-38333976690901470522013-05-17T18:13:00.003+02:002013-05-17T18:13:25.753+02:00Appreciating Nature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have often been asked how I became involved in wildlife. Well the answer, I think lies in what you are exposed to as a child and the experiences you have.</div>
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I was always into animals, horses, dog's and cats! That lead to wanting to be in the countryside to be able to ride a horse as often as possible.</div>
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I convinced my parents I wanted to go to boarding school and that is were the real interest started.</div>
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Being at a school that was very outdoors based I was soon exposed to all sorts of wildlife experiences. Tubing down a river, building forts in the forest, and trying to catch all sorts of small animals. Our snake collection was amazing for kids of ten years old.</div>
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Hiking trips into the berg were an all time favorite. Altho not always easy!</div>
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It is these experiences that I think build that love of the outdoors. The earlier we start exposing kids to the countryside and all it has the better. </div>
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I had an e mail today for someone wanting to do something about the poaching that is so rampant in South Africa. Their concern was that it would be too little to late? How do you answer that or even begin to explain why we sit in this situation.<br />
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We all know that there is a huge demand from various parts of the East for rhino horn, ivory, lion bones, and so the list goes on. Part of the reason is traditional medicine, dagger handles, and more recently people trying to show their status and wealth.<br />
In recent years the Chinese have become very involved in Africa, more so that in the past just suppling arms. They are now involved in building infrastructure in exchange for who knows what? There are various theories/stories of Chinese labour being used for these projects and then having to stay in the host country. There are the same stories of arms for ivory, rhino horn, diamonds etc<br />
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We have recently signed a agreement with China for more economic co operation and trade. Why are we not asking for sanctions against all the countries that are responsible for murdering our natural heritage? We are experiencing animal abuse on a scale only seen 200 years ago with the eradication of the great herds of buffalo. Why are we not putting more pressure internationally on these countries. We were all for sanctions against apartheid? People of the world stop seeing these acts in isolation! It is happening globally and it affects us all. It leaves our systems, our life blood in a poorer state.<br />
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In African countries were there is often so much corruption due to nepotism or affirmative action. You have incompetent people in positions of power that make decisions for their own good. They employ unqualified people so they will always look good and can not be easily caught out. They employ people in the same political party or with family links. This leads to a ill disciplined police force, an unmotivated army and a general disregard for the countries laws! Hence the disbanding of the Endangered Species protection Unit in the police and the removal of the Scorpions. Once the system gets to this stage it is very easy for criminal elements to take advantage of such people.<br />
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These guys and girls are our last defense against the rampant poaching that is taking place in South Africa and other parts of Africa. We are currently losing a rhino every 11 hours!</div>
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Why is Africa selling it's soul for yen? We do more business with China than any other country. Once we have no more coal, copper, gold, diamonds, timber what are we going to trade? How many Asian tourists visit our national parks?</div>
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How many tourists will visit a war zone? Which is what our parks are, make no mistake. How many tourists will come to see parks with no rhino, elephant or lion?</div>
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Why is it ok to sanction countries for human rights abuses but it is ok for them to rape our country! Were are the sanctions now?</div>
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I have been known to raid the rubbish skip's in town. Now before anyone thinks I am really down on my luck! let me explain. There is a carpentry shop in town that throws a lot of offcuts into a skip. There is often some very good wood amongst all the rubbish. The size is also just right for knife handles and a few other pieces.</div>
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Before Christmas I was looking for an idea to compliment the pickled onions I had made as presents. As kids we always had a sharp knife with a thin blade that we had used to retrieve pickles from the jar. Much like a kingfisher darting into the water to catch fish. We speared pickles!</div>
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Mothers tend to frown on this sort of behaviour at the lunch table. So the pickle fork has come into being in the Pattrick household.</div>
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We have a colony of Little Swifts nesting under the eve's of our roof, there are literally hundreds of them. They seem to decrease in the winter months as some move away and some remain. </div>
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The thing that has us stumped is why we find so many young falling out of the nests. There are the tiny pink helpless ones right up to the almost fully grown adult looking birds. We have managed to raise one ! so far !!</div>
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Everything I have read does not mention any form of cainism? My only other thought is that the parasite load gets to much and they vacate the nest to try and get away from mites etc??</div>
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I have been promising to start making knives again for a very long time, and finally I have started!! I had some stainless and some carbon steel lying in the workshop. So made some knives out of each steel. I much prefer the carbon steels for their edge holding and the wonderful way they age. The steel takes on a patina all it's own.</div>
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The knife below is for my son Ben. It is a carbon steel 01 i think? a Micarta handle with white liners. I am hoping to help him make his own in the next holiday. He will have to help with the sheath of his own design.</div>
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This knife below was made for a mate of mine Bruce Lawson. I had promised him a knife years ago and just never got round to it. I bumped into Bruce in the Kruger and he reminded me of this fact! Thanks Bruce I hope you enjoy the knife.</div>
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Keen as can be, only to break and knock us out on the very first bird! This is a team sport so I have learn't to be more vocal. Especially in those highly charged moments. Also to keep my eyes on the dog, you can always expect the dog to watch the bird or ask the judge were it fell. Training in the quiet Balule Game Reserve does not really prepare you well for all the dog, excitement, guns and birds that you get at a trial.</div>
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This was a tough retrieve with very narrow angles between birds and some water. Lab's can't resist water but throw a bird in it and it's like a magnet. You can almost see the dogs trying to convince the handlers that they know what they are doing. Why are you sending me past that bird in the water, I saw the fall!!?</div>
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One of the most photogenic dogs at the trial.</div>
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Choc also did very well. I can't remember what he won, but everyone holds the guns choice as a very prestigious title to have for any of the stakes in a trial. </div>
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A top open stake dog doing what he loves. He has already retrieved a blind ( a placed bird that the dog has not see being placed) across a dam. Then swum back across the dam thru a fence to retrieve a pigeon in a field. He still has two more retrieves before the series is over! Open stake normally has some very demanding retrieves for the dogs. It is amazing to see their enthusiasm, concentration and the team work with their handlers.</div>
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What it's all about. Top dogs and people getting together for some quality time outside.</div>
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But when the lions start taking them off our lawn at night it is rather surreal. This lioness and her two sub-adult cubs managed to take down two young waterbuck. One on either side of the garden. They came up one of the tracks to the back of the house, the cubs split off to the right and the lioness to the left. The small herd of waterbuck bomb shelled, for two of them it was too late. </div>
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I was able to piece this all together having only seen part of the story unfold, thanks to the recent tracking course I did with Colin Patrick, I have taken to tracking everything. The course is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone interested in broadening their wildlife knowledge.<br />
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<br />Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-24855252129972480402012-03-01T14:49:00.008+02:002012-03-01T15:34:57.737+02:00Moz Trail Recce<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEkDvLi7Eipn5_QsFC3s-Lb9OKBPU1EDYb258mMqptPQ282LZj2UzoIuHlNtEYl4heQuBjaldusuz3IRvmkoNWPryLtRBox2XSQ_gg-a8hogRU3xfqADzrZp1dH2WJxuTUXTszP8-JIjU/s1600/IMG_1014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEkDvLi7Eipn5_QsFC3s-Lb9OKBPU1EDYb258mMqptPQ282LZj2UzoIuHlNtEYl4heQuBjaldusuz3IRvmkoNWPryLtRBox2XSQ_gg-a8hogRU3xfqADzrZp1dH2WJxuTUXTszP8-JIjU/s400/IMG_1014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912818807268370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Good to go!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">At the Giriyondo border post with our PNL Ranger Manulito.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkUCy0Yq5MHN1npkBkRQfR4__JeSO0a1i-BN3RyEiPTnSBClLlRduD_CgS8iw6AL-p8cJ1X814u3eHpcP-krcHrhpOQGPBY7XXqX378Lv7JxUkGi1BpopgUMWCGblmZQnqh7aFfmpLpf3/s1600/IMG_1017.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkUCy0Yq5MHN1npkBkRQfR4__JeSO0a1i-BN3RyEiPTnSBClLlRduD_CgS8iw6AL-p8cJ1X814u3eHpcP-krcHrhpOQGPBY7XXqX378Lv7JxUkGi1BpopgUMWCGblmZQnqh7aFfmpLpf3/s400/IMG_1017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912613095794578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Marius</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhl7TeNbYpiGACZh0zGSAgERNBsJBL_rWiJ8gPurNxvfcv4P1HyquwmoDWgNcu9FWwkCrHe18Mrc59HBJX_S09v4faO3r7WmYxKiT43w1lrjXPb9_EL_8xv7Rej3Yc8FMJdjHABw88pc4/s1600/IMG_1018.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhl7TeNbYpiGACZh0zGSAgERNBsJBL_rWiJ8gPurNxvfcv4P1HyquwmoDWgNcu9FWwkCrHe18Mrc59HBJX_S09v4faO3r7WmYxKiT43w1lrjXPb9_EL_8xv7Rej3Yc8FMJdjHABw88pc4/s400/IMG_1018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912611847235586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawZiz_dw0apHRk-n3AbU97hHTv2P-IjqSJkd12spXEEtrSy3oX67F_j4qRYEKlAY-n9EcWK29g9l-sloc1ZtFL1WnyQ65iGPZkJaV4yMP2IIrUhmgDhYIPDworZN4REzxY1hvRGfBNAOX/s1600/IMG_1022.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawZiz_dw0apHRk-n3AbU97hHTv2P-IjqSJkd12spXEEtrSy3oX67F_j4qRYEKlAY-n9EcWK29g9l-sloc1ZtFL1WnyQ65iGPZkJaV4yMP2IIrUhmgDhYIPDworZN4REzxY1hvRGfBNAOX/s400/IMG_1022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912605422743250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Manulito</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHILqADcw3FXVl6p2e1aShFrJYNp_rO5bHVc_h-_KQbbcyOsrDhLc1yaGSYKciwbljO_SKs9ZhSHyGODSAEC7DOMTAQnFzKe7sDEJurUNdeGvxjU4Yco9E15aJWAmCPc6ZAGEMzfNqTus/s1600/IMG_1031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHILqADcw3FXVl6p2e1aShFrJYNp_rO5bHVc_h-_KQbbcyOsrDhLc1yaGSYKciwbljO_SKs9ZhSHyGODSAEC7DOMTAQnFzKe7sDEJurUNdeGvxjU4Yco9E15aJWAmCPc6ZAGEMzfNqTus/s400/IMG_1031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912602135504962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Trying to find the first nights waypoint. We seemed to be close but no cigar! Ended up sleeping in a very damp, mosquito ridden path next to a stream. Not ideal but we enjoyed it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5FnqB6DsZ0U37NllG2YuhSMhMNN3sDv_sf1iN3yypie80eUn7CdZiJFsBioNExtX2gY_A-M6GTfKThkBbaSG7r1-JIgaW8E1H7yBRnqOJ5FDxpVWZjOxdm5kx6yM_iwAFTXbqQCkdcYB/s1600/IMG_1033.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5FnqB6DsZ0U37NllG2YuhSMhMNN3sDv_sf1iN3yypie80eUn7CdZiJFsBioNExtX2gY_A-M6GTfKThkBbaSG7r1-JIgaW8E1H7yBRnqOJ5FDxpVWZjOxdm5kx6yM_iwAFTXbqQCkdcYB/s400/IMG_1033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912205044259170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Marius about to say something about the geology. Nothing I can repeat here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrnBEzMNPw985p5BTxWXJV0kXuTglh8td91BCwk9fDuN85NTLbnBw7PnrWqlY3KIPYFSXkg3sUsJIRlrcY6iUXK63whyuhQCx8z5upe1OrAtEjdczLlYB4izZCEAsolkXw4-e47zWPZ0e/s1600/IMG_1039.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrnBEzMNPw985p5BTxWXJV0kXuTglh8td91BCwk9fDuN85NTLbnBw7PnrWqlY3KIPYFSXkg3sUsJIRlrcY6iUXK63whyuhQCx8z5upe1OrAtEjdczLlYB4izZCEAsolkXw4-e47zWPZ0e/s400/IMG_1039.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912204235174226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With all the rain the streams were in full spuite and we had wonderful drinking water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7x7-fAk796JPd-6UbV2bH6zjWBGw0HQB8sIbpGqdxE56_3XJKBN9fXs-hr-FpqOZvvOC0EtgmGTjz-lckByCT0WiRscJLQJjtjog1Zj4QMI4jDG6Da-TF0WsQr9LX4tYpvtTo_lSm8J-/s1600/IMG_1044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7x7-fAk796JPd-6UbV2bH6zjWBGw0HQB8sIbpGqdxE56_3XJKBN9fXs-hr-FpqOZvvOC0EtgmGTjz-lckByCT0WiRscJLQJjtjog1Zj4QMI4jDG6Da-TF0WsQr9LX4tYpvtTo_lSm8J-/s400/IMG_1044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912198353265586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One of the waterfalls we passed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O1ZGDND4mcDjn5Cyuj_cJDI1ON0dO5pM9LbO5LEZt4EA2KZXbshsq8sAUyxaRmAny3tyvDx-w3uY-rX2o8qwmG6abs-t5yRK37VXHjv1Itxyy_NJxWK0RzONDPUkfBJeVirswbXoUFdQ/s1600/IMG_1046.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O1ZGDND4mcDjn5Cyuj_cJDI1ON0dO5pM9LbO5LEZt4EA2KZXbshsq8sAUyxaRmAny3tyvDx-w3uY-rX2o8qwmG6abs-t5yRK37VXHjv1Itxyy_NJxWK0RzONDPUkfBJeVirswbXoUFdQ/s400/IMG_1046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714912193142362178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeb6bOp_9Hi8k8boXRV1hkZ3r5-ZgEudFEXyLYZ3vl2BWe3wzNlv044gu678inAKxI6aUaT67Qp3JOiFvJ-us8Du3B2PyKDfhdKqXKSrmtVBKjP2MFDAK2Z7bkTEK5LcUYuwwZGbjVFKCu/s1600/IMG_1047.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeb6bOp_9Hi8k8boXRV1hkZ3r5-ZgEudFEXyLYZ3vl2BWe3wzNlv044gu678inAKxI6aUaT67Qp3JOiFvJ-us8Du3B2PyKDfhdKqXKSrmtVBKjP2MFDAK2Z7bkTEK5LcUYuwwZGbjVFKCu/s400/IMG_1047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911733510180882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Constantly crossing streams, as we tried to find a suitable route.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyokrubNlatoHUFv74Y-clnYdcvWLbYd4MQ54Fjs7tDjMb3_QuIQU42ZUCYLYzoy98BizZiOH4TpXnSumFIPEvIs58dbMgUQbh666658SwRPw_ojC9DM447No3_DMAX7NCJB1pasHpQAw/s1600/IMG_1050.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyokrubNlatoHUFv74Y-clnYdcvWLbYd4MQ54Fjs7tDjMb3_QuIQU42ZUCYLYzoy98BizZiOH4TpXnSumFIPEvIs58dbMgUQbh666658SwRPw_ojC9DM447No3_DMAX7NCJB1pasHpQAw/s400/IMG_1050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911730035515474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My tent on the second night. Very cool and comfortable spot, with great swimming in the stream below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7snPJsUORpWIOOKp81I9MQX3Hey-ByKwiN37K_YehoPpb9t4mXeDNoIDpfsXqOyHCWOr84WcJUY29uzfaMx0ZxfXkUZ5AwuXmEix7R4dRkqgMgO5kMfA2r-kqMWRf_eBP03OY3haCbd1A/s1600/IMG_1056.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7snPJsUORpWIOOKp81I9MQX3Hey-ByKwiN37K_YehoPpb9t4mXeDNoIDpfsXqOyHCWOr84WcJUY29uzfaMx0ZxfXkUZ5AwuXmEix7R4dRkqgMgO5kMfA2r-kqMWRf_eBP03OY3haCbd1A/s400/IMG_1056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911694358910738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found a poachers camp right here on the bank of this beautiful section of river. The sign was about two days old! So not a lot we could do about it. We also saw their tracks on the first day very close to the Kruger boundry. No doubt after S.A.'s rhino !!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxO1zsXMENP1XV0_GidqpqzYmXboodXhMrrwATXT9rJTXGindRca_ysLKfJ1hRH0SCFYDW3Gx8LMMzT9Qv-SwkuBT4WB1e8f37TXpexc_cJ8HbE6NU2KIVdEy3CPToTT1X1ltSgNXCr0y/s1600/IMG_1057.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxO1zsXMENP1XV0_GidqpqzYmXboodXhMrrwATXT9rJTXGindRca_ysLKfJ1hRH0SCFYDW3Gx8LMMzT9Qv-SwkuBT4WB1e8f37TXpexc_cJ8HbE6NU2KIVdEy3CPToTT1X1ltSgNXCr0y/s400/IMG_1057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911696495843666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I had to have a picture of me wearing these Hi Tec boots. I normally walk in takkies but for some reason decided to wear boots. It proved to be a wise choice with all the loose rock. I must say these are the lightest boots I have ever owned.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ7VN-YMP4PJLg4ktGGbTusxvEpF0eId6Qr7Esy5yMKzfzQDMv1lJI1vHIZBAoeka1pEVM6DEhlz0iIwM2c84jCqHiho-4VnNFyWUWLGjFmyiTXLf24jAYd_8eOMyRfXifUXU3tPSrbvV/s1600/IMG_1059.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ7VN-YMP4PJLg4ktGGbTusxvEpF0eId6Qr7Esy5yMKzfzQDMv1lJI1vHIZBAoeka1pEVM6DEhlz0iIwM2c84jCqHiho-4VnNFyWUWLGjFmyiTXLf24jAYd_8eOMyRfXifUXU3tPSrbvV/s400/IMG_1059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911108653003346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This little package was waiting for Marius in his shorts! Could have been a very nasty surprise for both parties!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1vq2Jp9USqlLjtZv8UODCdjc5iN-gMhYfXLo81NB0sJisChAsqx-EyN2sSpBwXXzjRnHV50LfriUVQ-gvAj0q2HuCYoF3MQLIdh4Y33r0K0f6hWxlmzqhbgcVOERKRYcOQOYBO65llEw/s1600/IMG_1062.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1vq2Jp9USqlLjtZv8UODCdjc5iN-gMhYfXLo81NB0sJisChAsqx-EyN2sSpBwXXzjRnHV50LfriUVQ-gvAj0q2HuCYoF3MQLIdh4Y33r0K0f6hWxlmzqhbgcVOERKRYcOQOYBO65llEw/s400/IMG_1062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911103529751538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some elephant tracks. This guy just stuck to the path even if he sank in up to his knees! You can just imagine a dinosaur doing the same thing millions of years ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDdWgTMo0UfFwm4vUsUJ3tONk_vSC63P_DVq8sPnQNnGrdaLaDBzWyRLtWZU15ZMp4D7XVebUUIzaAMqDchgeAUacSfVWf6aQsc_hehG7a34bYUqga7qmnr5ANVoEpelhLHnHFE55UcuO/s1600/IMG_1066.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDdWgTMo0UfFwm4vUsUJ3tONk_vSC63P_DVq8sPnQNnGrdaLaDBzWyRLtWZU15ZMp4D7XVebUUIzaAMqDchgeAUacSfVWf6aQsc_hehG7a34bYUqga7qmnr5ANVoEpelhLHnHFE55UcuO/s400/IMG_1066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911099578735922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Parque Nacional Do Limpopo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0fPrgPh8s6my8eJj2tH0n7USHTyJyhDnt3rdEs-pMeP4fR29tMxp_EFhT3N6tw-LzmjxNwKc_cfDUMR1zv2MTlDi7r9Vdj2CrDtAYDW4Q6BCLzYsC0ukVZKlZThg85ALE8_hUwXNT-0j/s1600/IMG_1068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0fPrgPh8s6my8eJj2tH0n7USHTyJyhDnt3rdEs-pMeP4fR29tMxp_EFhT3N6tw-LzmjxNwKc_cfDUMR1zv2MTlDi7r9Vdj2CrDtAYDW4Q6BCLzYsC0ukVZKlZThg85ALE8_hUwXNT-0j/s400/IMG_1068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714911096000542594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Breakfast stop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV9NaMr9PBGQX9jlhZfw8IYhrsxiLzINHK7kBhJO6Yy9IxGDmgmF4ApKQXCqaPzBJv0ZqxWm2d3scNmrXKlWh8iRdXEx0qESeh0NOlcaTItooWQ80_-pp3O7os9cyZr527R-fB2rD5KXg/s1600/IMG_1070.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV9NaMr9PBGQX9jlhZfw8IYhrsxiLzINHK7kBhJO6Yy9IxGDmgmF4ApKQXCqaPzBJv0ZqxWm2d3scNmrXKlWh8iRdXEx0qESeh0NOlcaTItooWQ80_-pp3O7os9cyZr527R-fB2rD5KXg/s400/IMG_1070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714910554915969490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An amazing plant growing in all the water filled rock pools on the rhyolite koptjies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmaqavrbcoQSBdM29M25Uah8nPhOLdxGXIe99iapqrKbklfakNsUy7oAtmTtd4Hl0eOvTysnXrcZ9FMgCAf2rzxqi-E8zsLCgbaziy3KghICI-m_vBOjNqdRo4p7g9KHTQt-IRxwlEp1_/s1600/IMG_1072.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmaqavrbcoQSBdM29M25Uah8nPhOLdxGXIe99iapqrKbklfakNsUy7oAtmTtd4Hl0eOvTysnXrcZ9FMgCAf2rzxqi-E8zsLCgbaziy3KghICI-m_vBOjNqdRo4p7g9KHTQt-IRxwlEp1_/s400/IMG_1072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714910545903056050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking east towards the Shingwedzi River flowing into Mozambique.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc2DzszfkQYK3Y4WXcchX9mt56Ro5c7HgXfcA91srJF_ysQ1pTiXSPdMaWHQIo6v5G2c-oFtrqrzdvTRCRgKeMlREQd-WkprGZS7uBYkFPBAQhpPS3aml82ZToNKQTvE-oza-3DVendDX/s1600/IMG_5454.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc2DzszfkQYK3Y4WXcchX9mt56Ro5c7HgXfcA91srJF_ysQ1pTiXSPdMaWHQIo6v5G2c-oFtrqrzdvTRCRgKeMlREQd-WkprGZS7uBYkFPBAQhpPS3aml82ZToNKQTvE-oza-3DVendDX/s400/IMG_5454.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714910546252566034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite stop on the whole walk. Even with the two large crocs in the pool below. We managed to have a swim in the stream as it dropped over the rocks into the pool below. Luckily there was no space for crocs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikv8zSmqOoGKbVWgDv0GJ766i_LV1_JCv86_tUEgztlDCq6dj1ZSe70XSbNiGVrefinHkZmFsR06eKoM0P08YZr2aYpTxzjAga7O476Q52BbgB6QTU1oH5sbIPsOKzaK4E9F0BwbTDBlXQ/s1600/IMG_5461.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikv8zSmqOoGKbVWgDv0GJ766i_LV1_JCv86_tUEgztlDCq6dj1ZSe70XSbNiGVrefinHkZmFsR06eKoM0P08YZr2aYpTxzjAga7O476Q52BbgB6QTU1oH5sbIPsOKzaK4E9F0BwbTDBlXQ/s400/IMG_5461.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714910535920134098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Weary but satisfied.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-57117048683578717912012-02-09T22:14:00.004+02:002012-02-09T22:32:24.154+02:00After The Floods 2012<div style="text-align: center;">The Swartspruit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaMmbX_m9TBGl7tshQjxQHP66vtowNvQheYw6PGhmZt5I3NlcJv0qf8jCtMnCgjqYwnpnGFHw5sgH75MD2kBCc255K4o-pN_2bp5ney-Bfw48R4gltzqsoXSlUDUswJTC69oGgYZg4jrW/s1600/IMG_1009.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaMmbX_m9TBGl7tshQjxQHP66vtowNvQheYw6PGhmZt5I3NlcJv0qf8jCtMnCgjqYwnpnGFHw5sgH75MD2kBCc255K4o-pN_2bp5ney-Bfw48R4gltzqsoXSlUDUswJTC69oGgYZg4jrW/s400/IMG_1009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707233528025634594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This small stream was at least 40meters wide and about 3meters deep.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcs1RYbt1woMiiNNRL8_9SmaPFtDm7HZZbsUYD7KqX3hMzuBKTddq7-0w-UZsJZ7g-kHOCWYzL9ovI7oQ3huNb8flM-dyflhBGwY3_T-htwjKewwVc_eiFjf6ydqaxlP1T-qdYSbXHXp5/s1600/IMG_1008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcs1RYbt1woMiiNNRL8_9SmaPFtDm7HZZbsUYD7KqX3hMzuBKTddq7-0w-UZsJZ7g-kHOCWYzL9ovI7oQ3huNb8flM-dyflhBGwY3_T-htwjKewwVc_eiFjf6ydqaxlP1T-qdYSbXHXp5/s400/IMG_1008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707233512603447970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the debris brought down by the water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2J-IYIkhCf__HjTX2rmboX1XQDEwbaF_AqPKPZd966N5PSWIcMtSpOQRC7qSY4T0ItQKS1MJd_4hNUe11agTQ_pgjjrHQfY03pcvkvptcAqE1uoLLFsIf2ahEaY1eFwHa4TvLEZMcODNC/s1600/IMG_1007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2J-IYIkhCf__HjTX2rmboX1XQDEwbaF_AqPKPZd966N5PSWIcMtSpOQRC7qSY4T0ItQKS1MJd_4hNUe11agTQ_pgjjrHQfY03pcvkvptcAqE1uoLLFsIf2ahEaY1eFwHa4TvLEZMcODNC/s400/IMG_1007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707233508795513762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimStQX36TqbjAag7f5Hte_DKzqsdgeRm4lLill4km8xBtxS_skuSYPLGfjaXJE5eciRbMQZNP-x1slI1RWyDOj56n7C8h5Fo0U8l4LLMflYQXr60G21CuEy4Fqb03OHcYfMHe_hceIv-HJ/s1600/IMG_1000.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimStQX36TqbjAag7f5Hte_DKzqsdgeRm4lLill4km8xBtxS_skuSYPLGfjaXJE5eciRbMQZNP-x1slI1RWyDOj56n7C8h5Fo0U8l4LLMflYQXr60G21CuEy4Fqb03OHcYfMHe_hceIv-HJ/s400/IMG_1000.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707232696161690194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The causeway we cross to get out of the reserve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimuaU2dqD9_zVFcFR9S4u588dqKWjs_17GIMFL-P8mFuNf96O8rlQlaYNJBbu_eS9eMapd0K1MAX_w6HPmqizLyVU9vHV2w0UIQcj5gW1N-m9_KbG_lY010J5QuDM79Oo0kEwDPyZxSQX/s1600/IMG_0999.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimuaU2dqD9_zVFcFR9S4u588dqKWjs_17GIMFL-P8mFuNf96O8rlQlaYNJBbu_eS9eMapd0K1MAX_w6HPmqizLyVU9vHV2w0UIQcj5gW1N-m9_KbG_lY010J5QuDM79Oo0kEwDPyZxSQX/s400/IMG_0999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707232685583478370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Not a great place to find your trailer!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxhoV4zthVa9a6Ukqgafkk2X9d8w7OQe9MkVOh_gmWzkiVlgomdQlNO_2b6xlRhWR1ajXgoh1wfHChhcUJn1R9ZC8smlE5SxAwEHUopJlyt5kj4Fu9f9FN4GD1PYd3PYspbxa-OPFlICL/s1600/IMG_0998.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxhoV4zthVa9a6Ukqgafkk2X9d8w7OQe9MkVOh_gmWzkiVlgomdQlNO_2b6xlRhWR1ajXgoh1wfHChhcUJn1R9ZC8smlE5SxAwEHUopJlyt5kj4Fu9f9FN4GD1PYd3PYspbxa-OPFlICL/s400/IMG_0998.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707232670589528594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As the flood started there were a number of Hippo and Croc's moving up this stream to stay out of the Olifants River. The rain started on the Monday or Tuesday. On Sunday evening we saw some hippo moving up stream in front of the house. This only happens if all the grazing down stream is finished or if we are going to experience high water levels in the Olifants River.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am always amazed by how perceptive animals are to the changes in their environment. A talent we seem to have lost! Having spent the last few weeks working on my tracking skill, I now think I have found a way to build that skill and be far more aware of your surroundings.</div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-40932216272098516112012-01-21T21:20:00.003+02:002012-01-21T21:54:17.726+02:00Flood!!! Jan 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0oS9rsN1QfBZhogz9A5QTiA7lMIly7VH-6QsDK3EuBOM3j5rgNOdPkDPM-PxvmE19_4mtSgb4JlI79nb0iTl777NlAJbASJDrzjF5n3wv4Lqyvopuzy6i77hu02o9pez9GHcOrbwjtmT/s1600/IMG_0983.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0oS9rsN1QfBZhogz9A5QTiA7lMIly7VH-6QsDK3EuBOM3j5rgNOdPkDPM-PxvmE19_4mtSgb4JlI79nb0iTl777NlAJbASJDrzjF5n3wv4Lqyvopuzy6i77hu02o9pez9GHcOrbwjtmT/s400/IMG_0983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700170970590652882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The path leading down to the Olifants River. Normally about six meters or more below this point.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit06-TSL1vilXyRW4J_p-2dlB4g8mK-EJYTKV4b12V4qTSet0wfnQIaWojmYfyc21JCbc32b328f8WEzzGncZazpJ1oibLd6p82AfzMJ9NpOo65QtRlTwRaURH8nk4t_AwvN03qTvDwu6L/s1600/IMG_0977.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit06-TSL1vilXyRW4J_p-2dlB4g8mK-EJYTKV4b12V4qTSet0wfnQIaWojmYfyc21JCbc32b328f8WEzzGncZazpJ1oibLd6p82AfzMJ9NpOo65QtRlTwRaURH8nk4t_AwvN03qTvDwu6L/s400/IMG_0977.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700170965383594994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our access road thru a small drainage line which was 40m wide when the photo was taken!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBTagrNIG4e-OvwkDcbT6V4u-KgCBElh4z_0GUNb55vw4BQdIfu4aU-ISQtPOAvJOI1JesATh383GY1DK3ChwoY2QhhWdiggdvhXbQwy-E1V9At4b0kQQQM-4cq7q2g2Ts4SppsGNivKS/s1600/IMG_0968.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBTagrNIG4e-OvwkDcbT6V4u-KgCBElh4z_0GUNb55vw4BQdIfu4aU-ISQtPOAvJOI1JesATh383GY1DK3ChwoY2QhhWdiggdvhXbQwy-E1V9At4b0kQQQM-4cq7q2g2Ts4SppsGNivKS/s400/IMG_0968.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700170958213387618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our neighbours house so lucky. Only a muddy deck to show for it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OmE6YY5xYu3k90HPCEi-l8cPDMcMh7dtG87X27LuYZkb_sMGbyUl6rCLTombVsCqgyomjGC4qkynIHP7-D2OTY1csbtCAF3xAiB4oRMtyagAG9F5hZhIkZ_F5_8TLFV2HDrPp9oHs6Sl/s1600/IMG_0965.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OmE6YY5xYu3k90HPCEi-l8cPDMcMh7dtG87X27LuYZkb_sMGbyUl6rCLTombVsCqgyomjGC4qkynIHP7-D2OTY1csbtCAF3xAiB4oRMtyagAG9F5hZhIkZ_F5_8TLFV2HDrPp9oHs6Sl/s400/IMG_0965.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700170949424717346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Limited access.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11_ZTK5SzPhuaBktYohs8MKS4KjfHfkHQW8ezJ4MFBSIII41VHBfPf-D8dCHVXolHnp0MznZYj88rVQzA81HHH0zLnEePMgwU6ubFoQkyvfJIb8MwTxu50oyycWP_LsFGxtGUIq32i5U2/s1600/IMG_0963.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11_ZTK5SzPhuaBktYohs8MKS4KjfHfkHQW8ezJ4MFBSIII41VHBfPf-D8dCHVXolHnp0MznZYj88rVQzA81HHH0zLnEePMgwU6ubFoQkyvfJIb8MwTxu50oyycWP_LsFGxtGUIq32i5U2/s400/IMG_0963.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700170948798792306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These figs are normally a few meters above the water level.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-85236271329540558752011-12-07T22:29:00.003+02:002011-12-07T22:57:26.868+02:00Going Green!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwnd5X5MOrT6lpz5xzq7_9TyBUYMrCOQyGJmKKFFSreFTR3OHwjHmBVsVa0sX2cNq9iZ1xdQQ4jyt1DHZSBWG8XkYokrwnLrJyECs971ra3Io0oFcw7nFQI9aUdiH14TkhyphenhyphenuZoicJ-LOQ/s1600/IMG_0824.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwnd5X5MOrT6lpz5xzq7_9TyBUYMrCOQyGJmKKFFSreFTR3OHwjHmBVsVa0sX2cNq9iZ1xdQQ4jyt1DHZSBWG8XkYokrwnLrJyECs971ra3Io0oFcw7nFQI9aUdiH14TkhyphenhyphenuZoicJ-LOQ/s400/IMG_0824.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683487700895410930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">A Table.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Made from old planks given to me. They were from the base of a bed, but they were cut too short and have now been put to good use as this art table. Sue was short of a work surface for all her art material. So I made her this table as a Christmas present.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgWrTtxKmQkyDXDAz9Za0cEVYftD-HYlbO2hVa04tsgXtW7sjUynjpl5nvTDUGHUsK6MqTnaehVN5lTPjZFeb5WftgfEnisCznl9atvA5AeVpFtM2KY1WKRRYvz188Up-cBDaRXA4I3M2/s1600/IMG_0820.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgWrTtxKmQkyDXDAz9Za0cEVYftD-HYlbO2hVa04tsgXtW7sjUynjpl5nvTDUGHUsK6MqTnaehVN5lTPjZFeb5WftgfEnisCznl9atvA5AeVpFtM2KY1WKRRYvz188Up-cBDaRXA4I3M2/s400/IMG_0820.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683487700685302914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I decided against glue and so created this joint using some off cuts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmdEsOPZ-KjA0PtvOCCXiMCxIKQcAXNjdWxSfWttHHMxbNluY1MgypW8lnn5ZnPsOTPrItesiuzd_7jeEJFR2cVMvUBricrjl0-5vBf-yxeOvo6n3gfOAuxQb-zKoEhd8T0dca0pP-iUC/s1600/IMG_0817.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmdEsOPZ-KjA0PtvOCCXiMCxIKQcAXNjdWxSfWttHHMxbNluY1MgypW8lnn5ZnPsOTPrItesiuzd_7jeEJFR2cVMvUBricrjl0-5vBf-yxeOvo6n3gfOAuxQb-zKoEhd8T0dca0pP-iUC/s400/IMG_0817.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683487113554842242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The dots are the dowels that join the two planks together to create the legs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6BNKIP1iSTV7Ane152R81bWq7yqeOK84jEr1medKtgdLRXAhTuod0YjEhZsncYgEMJM-4evlQBcEkKr2PpR149IAKhFl_iJ6xaXwr9gAAILQqEY4uBLWYYG7-8JuijR52y6JA5aczGFf/s1600/IMG_0816.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6BNKIP1iSTV7Ane152R81bWq7yqeOK84jEr1medKtgdLRXAhTuod0YjEhZsncYgEMJM-4evlQBcEkKr2PpR149IAKhFl_iJ6xaXwr9gAAILQqEY4uBLWYYG7-8JuijR52y6JA5aczGFf/s400/IMG_0816.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683487109260477378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPyAihlggaRyl00O6oix4L4h9tHmoDMEgxvGx8woZPdcY0IUGk0MmR3N5-THS7S347UKfK3bT3e3NcIbPHdgKbgjz1eJUvFB1lNBI1bYIHpAI0FqToTLKnzBTZsPRUolctAwscp73I7HK/s1600/IMG_0814.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPyAihlggaRyl00O6oix4L4h9tHmoDMEgxvGx8woZPdcY0IUGk0MmR3N5-THS7S347UKfK3bT3e3NcIbPHdgKbgjz1eJUvFB1lNBI1bYIHpAI0FqToTLKnzBTZsPRUolctAwscp73I7HK/s400/IMG_0814.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683487102316939282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Shotguns.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">With three young boys for Christmas another recycling idea came to mind. I had some old shipping pallets and they were not being used, just taking up space in the workshop. So I dismantled them and used the planks for these shotgun stock's. The barrels come from a very old broom handle! That was when I realized that they don't make things like they used to. The broom handles are more than half the weight of the gun! must have been some solid timber!!</span></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-77331710997535001262011-10-27T16:49:00.002+02:002011-10-27T16:55:53.505+02:00Climate Change!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gRi53PQgPDLcpVb4vZfqSLtVEEUl1bUfwFuKM4tmfCAOWIHVMKrIO7AGLscczSyUCwNimUToXjxryUCX-oWvKxbyOzem3SHWVQ-IJ24E2XT8o1tGJntG5OkPaZgqlLQL_Q5hvbXzQ1Oe/s1600/IMG_0515.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gRi53PQgPDLcpVb4vZfqSLtVEEUl1bUfwFuKM4tmfCAOWIHVMKrIO7AGLscczSyUCwNimUToXjxryUCX-oWvKxbyOzem3SHWVQ-IJ24E2XT8o1tGJntG5OkPaZgqlLQL_Q5hvbXzQ1Oe/s400/IMG_0515.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668184634075785906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A scene more reminiscent of Europe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have had some major storms and with them some very large hail stones just smaller than golf balls! Not what you expect in the Lowveld! The windy month is normally August but that seems to now be September? There are rains in the middle of the year which is also not the norm for this part of the country.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just wonder if we are seeing the beginning of climate change?</div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-25145364927676416572011-09-30T17:33:00.002+02:002011-10-27T16:49:49.082+02:00Competition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvv2XFHMGhvCxWxkJbYXGB4C-QmwKNeSm9SSmv24FDLfauOT4k-BBYAk5JBTE8ChYoXHL7VZc5fL1hK9tCjrYU_sm3dz3ZoPnndCQx3VcEsklJ5F2cGhiWUIu3FYs8cc0Kam2WFMsIiQe/s1600/IMG_0496.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvv2XFHMGhvCxWxkJbYXGB4C-QmwKNeSm9SSmv24FDLfauOT4k-BBYAk5JBTE8ChYoXHL7VZc5fL1hK9tCjrYU_sm3dz3ZoPnndCQx3VcEsklJ5F2cGhiWUIu3FYs8cc0Kam2WFMsIiQe/s400/IMG_0496.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668182249128423746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Warthog with porcupine quill.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have often wondered how much competition there is for Aardvark holes? Well it looks like this warthog has found out! There are three or four young warthogs that we see almost daily in our garden that have quills sticking out of them. I think that when the warthogs go home in the evening the porcupine is still in the hole and only leaves later once it is dark. In trying to get out the porcupine must have to push past the warthogs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are numerous animals that use aardvark hole's from warthogs to snakes and even some bird species.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-68308612869024634782011-08-30T12:15:00.008+02:002011-09-06T19:27:32.680+02:00The Working Gundog & Conservation Club Trial<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; border-collapse: collapse; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><u><a name="What is Gundog Field Trialing">What is Gundog Field Trialling?</a></u></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><u><a name="What is Gundog Field Trialing"><br /></a></u></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: 400; ">Gundog field trailing is a competition to find the best hunting dogs, which either find and point game birds - (Pointers, Retriever breeds) - or quarter, flush and retriever these birds (Spaniel breeds) or simply just retrieve shot birds, especially duck (Retriever breeds). Each gundog section is very specialised, therefore each section in South Africa runs its own separate trials. In this country, the USA and most other countries in the world, field trials are simulated hunts. Field trailing is the platform for hunters and breeders to ascertain that the dogs bred and sold preserve true hunting capabilities, i.e. drive,. perseverance, superb nose (scenting abilities), biddable soft mouth (does not harm the bird) are not gun-shy. One might ask why are dogs used in hunting situation? The Pointer / Setter/ Spaniel breeds are used to find the game (they can also be used for retrieving) and the Retrievers (although they can be used to find game), are specialised in retrieving wounded game as quickly as possible. Taken from <a href="http://www.goldens.co.za">www.goldens.co.za</a></span></span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiTU1mVhudYIVV9yZe_vDDAQufdqjSf3yt6uPJtj6RkvfI0aaqAA-HLE2KeqGGKuS8glmSk2trgNA3Xi9Xxcg09oLkSX0Aq0t8IjWQqK_xdzEXP1cu7nq9FLouybKz_hINVyz9e-tNwrr/s1600/IMG_0320.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiTU1mVhudYIVV9yZe_vDDAQufdqjSf3yt6uPJtj6RkvfI0aaqAA-HLE2KeqGGKuS8glmSk2trgNA3Xi9Xxcg09oLkSX0Aq0t8IjWQqK_xdzEXP1cu7nq9FLouybKz_hINVyz9e-tNwrr/s400/IMG_0320.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646593335216330850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Camo is compulsory, or is it a new fashion?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Field trials are as true to normal hunting as possible so competitors wear camo as they would in the field hunting. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEira0RgDdeayVOQv4oF23ax24Lo2Toag12bhWO98DRk8s2xTBNb_a9gop-mmLFXaRyXSseR70PnCOJZSRSmKic_EqiLsJGt5L9qE_AqzWUIijFpRhNUAI1zMwgIQd3qdAaqtFCAYNMTyPw_/s1600/IMG_0322.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEira0RgDdeayVOQv4oF23ax24Lo2Toag12bhWO98DRk8s2xTBNb_a9gop-mmLFXaRyXSseR70PnCOJZSRSmKic_EqiLsJGt5L9qE_AqzWUIijFpRhNUAI1zMwgIQd3qdAaqtFCAYNMTyPw_/s400/IMG_0322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646593331391686818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">New kids on the block watching the first few dogs working. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLf4kkLT_AW_jkzdKR_BIeYPv5wNACkBCU6zwcNIUXEiKxW6HjHdxVFPm4MECF0DwaBIbgOIfZJkggzUglZN0UcDhSFAVGEtfJCkvjgSD3MWLU1rea0uF0sqEj1OZXifk10LReVnCF5VU/s1600/IMG_0325.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLf4kkLT_AW_jkzdKR_BIeYPv5wNACkBCU6zwcNIUXEiKxW6HjHdxVFPm4MECF0DwaBIbgOIfZJkggzUglZN0UcDhSFAVGEtfJCkvjgSD3MWLU1rea0uF0sqEj1OZXifk10LReVnCF5VU/s400/IMG_0325.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646593324878776594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting our turn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rcvtiJqlfuY4mx0RaECJn1eXI0gvohs2V-EC1QJxzb3zjt7XpXsrjokPbgNi2ziJytB_rJXS89__PRDlROM0efytF8Xf-1y5wuQa7OdAO-bhS5FuNG6QVVRFZoCWeJx07gajQJ2HSlJJ/s1600/IMG_0331.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rcvtiJqlfuY4mx0RaECJn1eXI0gvohs2V-EC1QJxzb3zjt7XpXsrjokPbgNi2ziJytB_rJXS89__PRDlROM0efytF8Xf-1y5wuQa7OdAO-bhS5FuNG6QVVRFZoCWeJx07gajQJ2HSlJJ/s400/IMG_0331.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646593326364450706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bailey's first ever pheasant!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The day before she had tried to retrieve a rooster but spent more time playing with it. So it was a relief when she returned at speed, like she had done it a thousand times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVv-WYnRV-9ee9LaMWj0fT8SV0nyEyHwltyYQ-J8k0snFfyn73ylsPxXl0c9RooZ1bWAwQM87aUKZAiNWwTLfKKVCtIs11_5v-22rmPXRK1qGoBybjQz7l6g8kM3v3wdLD0Rlnh390V85/s1600/IMG_0343.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVv-WYnRV-9ee9LaMWj0fT8SV0nyEyHwltyYQ-J8k0snFfyn73ylsPxXl0c9RooZ1bWAwQM87aUKZAiNWwTLfKKVCtIs11_5v-22rmPXRK1qGoBybjQz7l6g8kM3v3wdLD0Rlnh390V85/s400/IMG_0343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592943742804786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Relief after the first session of the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6GAa95Bl-E1bCCJuZr-JVlVn3-trZlR3o-is6rUWF-W6RnVWyIFSQoLZls81flJ3KhQDILaJiyiLFH9a3K_IpJAQuO0Ndij9AsdYXsZN84QV0ClevEQyn-pOEKdtFqPtasZmUtYuVnoy/s1600/IMG_0346.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6GAa95Bl-E1bCCJuZr-JVlVn3-trZlR3o-is6rUWF-W6RnVWyIFSQoLZls81flJ3KhQDILaJiyiLFH9a3K_IpJAQuO0Ndij9AsdYXsZN84QV0ClevEQyn-pOEKdtFqPtasZmUtYuVnoy/s400/IMG_0346.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592943911503682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Guns and trialists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL6qKFNlCVmxMhlzmersjSjXzFH-wtouIbl3NHhrqsoYHx-shT07W3NWGnqnqGQapzZLmjHZBukqU8hL29V9T6X6jPqMK9NIBcecAXKyP0JeP4JRIF5qw6llr45-yH3rtMsmkyMAtAPYV/s1600/IMG_0376.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL6qKFNlCVmxMhlzmersjSjXzFH-wtouIbl3NHhrqsoYHx-shT07W3NWGnqnqGQapzZLmjHZBukqU8hL29V9T6X6jPqMK9NIBcecAXKyP0JeP4JRIF5qw6llr45-yH3rtMsmkyMAtAPYV/s400/IMG_0376.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592937835881570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A snoozy spectator in the winter sun. Especially after the four thirty am starts to get to the venue.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtswBBMz8lyjwhrLKBfz8QPm-rEI-rqQk05yz3-JgnVhJ_dzJjKrM7RtANIt34-jMZUn3z5Yjp0bRB77NavQ-jKIArVGK7E_UrRG9EuvnU3nYk4YHCv99IRwU3WJdsmPbOT6uXvGxxk21T/s1600/IMG_0394.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtswBBMz8lyjwhrLKBfz8QPm-rEI-rqQk05yz3-JgnVhJ_dzJjKrM7RtANIt34-jMZUn3z5Yjp0bRB77NavQ-jKIArVGK7E_UrRG9EuvnU3nYk4YHCv99IRwU3WJdsmPbOT6uXvGxxk21T/s400/IMG_0394.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592215949430210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Retrieving a pigeon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A easy test after the pheasant but a little confusing for the young dogs. Just as they had got used to bigger birds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2s56L14kQrwUnbmurDsMvOttJH6wU2cO2NP7THj9GBlUFWskP2MkCFRgSFqfCguS29DMaSTko7a89dlglKdwv43yibtKMofgKinHTh4Qbh7UdIHX0tgF5Pj6KLQfHZysjLPIaSbbzl2hI/s1600/IMG_0418.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2s56L14kQrwUnbmurDsMvOttJH6wU2cO2NP7THj9GBlUFWskP2MkCFRgSFqfCguS29DMaSTko7a89dlglKdwv43yibtKMofgKinHTh4Qbh7UdIHX0tgF5Pj6KLQfHZysjLPIaSbbzl2hI/s400/IMG_0418.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592216886482386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Out the blocks!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fClsBn3KYAqxl8Uwr8-cjK26IhhgRIOebjeocGfJSK_66lQN3ZX6R29cTmy8Iy0Qx5dWmwIzwPh-CIwgpT5Y28ItfcP-u4gwXl7H60J80AhLciBr0_yYJ25jZECzXxS4KHVBulXpo_Te/s1600/IMG_0379.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fClsBn3KYAqxl8Uwr8-cjK26IhhgRIOebjeocGfJSK_66lQN3ZX6R29cTmy8Iy0Qx5dWmwIzwPh-CIwgpT5Y28ItfcP-u4gwXl7H60J80AhLciBr0_yYJ25jZECzXxS4KHVBulXpo_Te/s400/IMG_0379.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592223895954946" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvSv6DwOZIRXftD9d6CDPo2PpkgByc_gigcCWac06au7Xs21PAEP7VDqz904zu1x3TwS-GeR0owDnRMauzmCN-oJkUO3dEO-L7mDI5NJGfEPOcRPpwdBIwWj_3IQkaZbvyIFTUAy2RhIj/s1600/IMG_0419.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvSv6DwOZIRXftD9d6CDPo2PpkgByc_gigcCWac06au7Xs21PAEP7VDqz904zu1x3TwS-GeR0owDnRMauzmCN-oJkUO3dEO-L7mDI5NJGfEPOcRPpwdBIwWj_3IQkaZbvyIFTUAy2RhIj/s400/IMG_0419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592214133941074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Eye's fixed on her bird.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSFblZTd6BTNTJOFbUVdiuLoXtwxtrOge1piBFE_-LYk9C8pJEVNTAEaYjZMX46W8MX-DoaJYq5ylXpf_nD7EBIeorYpbKtMkw-SL5iwAFqS-HBjkInUSElD-a2F05g_xFOrBOG0cqGrp/s1600/IMG_0431.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSFblZTd6BTNTJOFbUVdiuLoXtwxtrOge1piBFE_-LYk9C8pJEVNTAEaYjZMX46W8MX-DoaJYq5ylXpf_nD7EBIeorYpbKtMkw-SL5iwAFqS-HBjkInUSElD-a2F05g_xFOrBOG0cqGrp/s400/IMG_0431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646592212023341698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGm1sHZ9tMWUgxU1gq_81ikAfFOHVJz3wxN26JyK_Wp8ihZX8PTeRV7P4p8YIooa0WQIHv6hENYVS1zazl5RDV2tqH2izFzzgAiIb8Be-gcbD3YbpRdmKdziMA33rxe3M8iYxVzFmC-vG/s1600/IMG_0432.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGm1sHZ9tMWUgxU1gq_81ikAfFOHVJz3wxN26JyK_Wp8ihZX8PTeRV7P4p8YIooa0WQIHv6hENYVS1zazl5RDV2tqH2izFzzgAiIb8Be-gcbD3YbpRdmKdziMA33rxe3M8iYxVzFmC-vG/s400/IMG_0432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646591765924690034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The water retrieve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVMPw0GCvjDdQ9JN3PQv_LBoq7MNj4MSyO60CACFZBAgTSBoDOIGY5bbnUh221B12uXJLPOf3PELYUnBit0FqJWYFHgrm8aLLnFgYAc2GFB_kgkrCK8a2mZg2WCncBpekD0kpFlzk7LsM/s1600/IMG_0437.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVMPw0GCvjDdQ9JN3PQv_LBoq7MNj4MSyO60CACFZBAgTSBoDOIGY5bbnUh221B12uXJLPOf3PELYUnBit0FqJWYFHgrm8aLLnFgYAc2GFB_kgkrCK8a2mZg2WCncBpekD0kpFlzk7LsM/s400/IMG_0437.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646591765849455346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Setting up for the water retrieve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87uj_gsRErEZQg4T7lOGFKiZ00hbtIcosJxiEo8IgJVLtO5uQgJ6ep4wttk7DOnGPVPq2Y4PKf8wjap8up3lBl8oTp5LzuHpfHTL0Bc9ptXvMvkyOWDsKKyN4MdpgVbcMvdbLaZEWk1m2/s1600/IMG_0439.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87uj_gsRErEZQg4T7lOGFKiZ00hbtIcosJxiEo8IgJVLtO5uQgJ6ep4wttk7DOnGPVPq2Y4PKf8wjap8up3lBl8oTp5LzuHpfHTL0Bc9ptXvMvkyOWDsKKyN4MdpgVbcMvdbLaZEWk1m2/s400/IMG_0439.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646591762036252050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing like a dip in freezing water to cool off on a sunny winters day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bailey swam like a small motor boat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCP6prJlN31gUlGjte_y18QYbrKi_EntIQS3dEMISFOVVjHEanpfE0oPWZTLnv9o97ldUP_JIohr7QvrT66qxmPeEUKaETuRJhhx2W3nsnNcMJUnL-gIN610Bxp7425Vfe7C5-jbw70Y7K/s1600/IMG_0444.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCP6prJlN31gUlGjte_y18QYbrKi_EntIQS3dEMISFOVVjHEanpfE0oPWZTLnv9o97ldUP_JIohr7QvrT66qxmPeEUKaETuRJhhx2W3nsnNcMJUnL-gIN610Bxp7425Vfe7C5-jbw70Y7K/s400/IMG_0444.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646591750009070402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Well Done, good girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gbmn0GHVrHWJXxVZnUTTeTTnBboGBS4VvY4chNvZlyDoxhzYIJkZeihQbqSrNFxkZFX-6mkqiBurrjeOpKskHp8LXxJYbFUMTl8MhcccQl1kKfoBn5tKnOPzwjAvAQ9eDO4RUyWqfPv2/s1600/IMG_0450.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gbmn0GHVrHWJXxVZnUTTeTTnBboGBS4VvY4chNvZlyDoxhzYIJkZeihQbqSrNFxkZFX-6mkqiBurrjeOpKskHp8LXxJYbFUMTl8MhcccQl1kKfoBn5tKnOPzwjAvAQ9eDO4RUyWqfPv2/s400/IMG_0450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646591744934338402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dog Tired.</div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-87471054589918423062011-08-30T11:07:00.006+02:002011-09-01T11:33:05.647+02:00Snow !!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4hv4NFGFNFgxxkSKQN1e9sZv5jfWe8wzvlu106IusJI4F0heIDti8o41HqdtvPCm2llXj4uuRlghKEswLuA8UphXJYL11Pdh3FGQPOTImPCG9F31cHBxpsvpfns7YA4vlx_OajKm1MEB/s1600/IMG_0205.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4hv4NFGFNFgxxkSKQN1e9sZv5jfWe8wzvlu106IusJI4F0heIDti8o41HqdtvPCm2llXj4uuRlghKEswLuA8UphXJYL11Pdh3FGQPOTImPCG9F31cHBxpsvpfns7YA4vlx_OajKm1MEB/s400/IMG_0205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646574323660029794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Inhlazane Mountain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not the landscape you expect to see in sunny South Africa! Well we have been having a great winter if you like the cold and most of our mountainous regions have had a dusting of snow. The KZN Midlands are well known for their beautiful landscapes, Productive farms and a plethora of arts and crafts. This area has long been a favorite with visitors. The snow only served to encourage more people to come and experience this area.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.midlandsmeander.co.za/">www.midlandsmeander.co.za</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2Kg_PY6sBuHbIL-mZDbDV9R5jp0zfwwWs7yKXqzpnszFPTSQeNTDlM32WQKry42XX62N8-XKRdDgYQy71TOLPKcOE2YuuegAvNilMpzJvb6Mpjo822Fyjsd5GqIp8ZgxudNFEJISJKXq/s1600/IMG_0195.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2Kg_PY6sBuHbIL-mZDbDV9R5jp0zfwwWs7yKXqzpnszFPTSQeNTDlM32WQKry42XX62N8-XKRdDgYQy71TOLPKcOE2YuuegAvNilMpzJvb6Mpjo822Fyjsd5GqIp8ZgxudNFEJISJKXq/s400/IMG_0195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646574318787658786" /></a></div>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06lvGXF6bWAaIrWQQloBVsRyl2yeCbEHsLHgjrUP4FyKH8Op9DyjsnXTyoyzn99zZ9vC-NdxzpxbgBCEp1d2erVD0NnA5fLplYjSrpT66iBrKKtwZDbdJJlR-nCDT6v2HVPQvdClg8qiF/s1600/IMG_0189.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06lvGXF6bWAaIrWQQloBVsRyl2yeCbEHsLHgjrUP4FyKH8Op9DyjsnXTyoyzn99zZ9vC-NdxzpxbgBCEp1d2erVD0NnA5fLplYjSrpT66iBrKKtwZDbdJJlR-nCDT6v2HVPQvdClg8qiF/s400/IMG_0189.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646574320308105842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys enjoying a cup of Milo after a few hours of hard tobogganing. Dry clothes and socks to warm the toes!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpuHksYUKmc_Y5JQhSvrcPqqYnfdHk1SVdyHWiJZD0FjlaGdJHG7KTBNqWuafCjzdimFC-mvkp4zzK-93tUBY4h1agf9lQLYHVJIz1IFAwD7OilXIj760PT3PIB8vz-FnDujzIwwBhoxb/s1600/IMG_0179.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpuHksYUKmc_Y5JQhSvrcPqqYnfdHk1SVdyHWiJZD0FjlaGdJHG7KTBNqWuafCjzdimFC-mvkp4zzK-93tUBY4h1agf9lQLYHVJIz1IFAwD7OilXIj760PT3PIB8vz-FnDujzIwwBhoxb/s400/IMG_0179.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646574316694492082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A double decker toboggan!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-jEO_653KlC9IGjajiUScpZ9FnWMFCSev6fvR6QN2gqUf434MCGdy_UdRug7eKF_daNHvxrNoOFRQrG3C7GKfYW6_im-X9pYnouHaDD1vuXx0T5Jiw6mCaFNWGb_j3Q9i-eJJ6gTrbba/s1600/IMG_0175.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-jEO_653KlC9IGjajiUScpZ9FnWMFCSev6fvR6QN2gqUf434MCGdy_UdRug7eKF_daNHvxrNoOFRQrG3C7GKfYW6_im-X9pYnouHaDD1vuXx0T5Jiw6mCaFNWGb_j3Q9i-eJJ6gTrbba/s400/IMG_0175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646574314160612146" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnePv9JEX0A9IQBRrWOUkwWmyy8xjZD4WyRjUaUJkmaVPzg7dJD9Igoj6PSaL8qF0Dmt3Uk02juce82WTFx-ufAKmwj3Xl3ghdU3abeEyaQ6BFIti8ubvxPvklOhbHJrvz8_BJ7mYpoH5_/s1600/IMG_0172.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnePv9JEX0A9IQBRrWOUkwWmyy8xjZD4WyRjUaUJkmaVPzg7dJD9Igoj6PSaL8qF0Dmt3Uk02juce82WTFx-ufAKmwj3Xl3ghdU3abeEyaQ6BFIti8ubvxPvklOhbHJrvz8_BJ7mYpoH5_/s400/IMG_0172.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646573737590737698" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsVhFM_aqDEznpNlHFSNbwlQpDVoaJOnn6fDds2nFMltDbCbq4R_YD3GveCggAdKaw4AJaE5Dm7XFBbj8uTjCR1BXAt9oSXiWZRrQdGduUKGlkzQGoyu0UtkIky6TcJ5vJongs9c8Ozzi/s1600/IMG_0168.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsVhFM_aqDEznpNlHFSNbwlQpDVoaJOnn6fDds2nFMltDbCbq4R_YD3GveCggAdKaw4AJaE5Dm7XFBbj8uTjCR1BXAt9oSXiWZRrQdGduUKGlkzQGoyu0UtkIky6TcJ5vJongs9c8Ozzi/s400/IMG_0168.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646573731068020354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes it pays to be the smallest!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyClFKgg9nhPYzsBtx6UUWqNEzgUMlrkzVrGB9Do3sdKWiTcLaDwPPItKjEJe9oRQNvh0PKC9HZr23SFetGkfXhXCxfGrG12FV-rpm0a4Qu6X4hkzMGxgDNuY0OJhdCypVKd6tlPeEufB9/s1600/IMG_0165.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyClFKgg9nhPYzsBtx6UUWqNEzgUMlrkzVrGB9Do3sdKWiTcLaDwPPItKjEJe9oRQNvh0PKC9HZr23SFetGkfXhXCxfGrG12FV-rpm0a4Qu6X4hkzMGxgDNuY0OJhdCypVKd6tlPeEufB9/s400/IMG_0165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646573731046019650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A family affair.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEpgH8nrBSUaF7wXCxKzji0g3Tz36BjoAJAMFJc-4HFwa_XZ5QyZB81BDGFdxiLybmnK98Zta6UwTdDVZGGwOaV2asoiYtg2nptFDb2RE9Fy5yRnuH6ZCN-HiP0ortddTkLrFxGC-1CWX/s1600/IMG_0151.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEpgH8nrBSUaF7wXCxKzji0g3Tz36BjoAJAMFJc-4HFwa_XZ5QyZB81BDGFdxiLybmnK98Zta6UwTdDVZGGwOaV2asoiYtg2nptFDb2RE9Fy5yRnuH6ZCN-HiP0ortddTkLrFxGC-1CWX/s400/IMG_0151.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646573729737434802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pile ON !!!</div>
<br />Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-42107993784169161632011-08-27T13:31:00.008+02:002011-08-30T11:44:08.031+02:00Sabi Sand Workshop 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4yTpt_BLOcE5Zq0rQEf4G4PTlr7ZkAH4qE32QHNWjAlY7jMb8H5fzjmw3f87YBuJJhCUIIqHEXh_lcIztDidZFIkbej_43CgTEubpT1vWcUbwX1lz50HY-R6fMHHQR9z0T0AwFJ-eU4Z/s1600/D3C_2046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4yTpt_BLOcE5Zq0rQEf4G4PTlr7ZkAH4qE32QHNWjAlY7jMb8H5fzjmw3f87YBuJJhCUIIqHEXh_lcIztDidZFIkbej_43CgTEubpT1vWcUbwX1lz50HY-R6fMHHQR9z0T0AwFJ-eU4Z/s400/D3C_2046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505598189264626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is not only one of South Africa's oldest reserves it is also home to a phenomenal concentration of wildlife, especially the big cats! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 119, 74); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.elephantplains.co.za">www.</a></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.elephantplains.co.za">elephantplains</a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.elephantplains.co.za">.co.za</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB_M0WGlL-hKEgkkD85AuD6KW41k7a1zoXc3V8qMeRx0c6lg0ElI56E0A3wa91JWns5JNEsXdOq4otYEWPWvw9UgbSrDv3nAvIeeXGlajjiyL1bvloSOyluqneDe2gztGj6WwLz5B6ufi/s1600/D3C_2025.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB_M0WGlL-hKEgkkD85AuD6KW41k7a1zoXc3V8qMeRx0c6lg0ElI56E0A3wa91JWns5JNEsXdOq4otYEWPWvw9UgbSrDv3nAvIeeXGlajjiyL1bvloSOyluqneDe2gztGj6WwLz5B6ufi/s400/D3C_2025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505596128068306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Most people are lucky to see a leopard in their life time. In the Sands we are blessed with leopard sightings and this safari was no different with no less than six different leopards in four nights. We also got to see the same leopards a few times so the number of actual sightings was closer to twelve!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHt-DGPkED60_2UgTMZUVR-ct7FAnZZE8AjQQw8sibJRby8ORzMTSdzK3E5bzM75DD3T-QO68lCS2iGDI-TkwYb9VwkZ9H8mpVBcrLK96nDCx-oMqEzfy-W8CzySxDCD71WEcOFruD-c3/s1600/D3C_2008_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHt-DGPkED60_2UgTMZUVR-ct7FAnZZE8AjQQw8sibJRby8ORzMTSdzK3E5bzM75DD3T-QO68lCS2iGDI-TkwYb9VwkZ9H8mpVBcrLK96nDCx-oMqEzfy-W8CzySxDCD71WEcOFruD-c3/s400/D3C_2008_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505595999200914" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fu47qrZo6qWAdS1uOXF3s4L6zkciFQ7vXxOkGZrn9N4PJPeidNj5k9zK2fKjsxORqU3LgbJsqOnGSvSRYu9oevQbpqMDWweniXKBSr0OvWcQyszkAO2r7Nglid3zdw_z_bIKNohAxvGk/s1600/D3C_1983.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fu47qrZo6qWAdS1uOXF3s4L6zkciFQ7vXxOkGZrn9N4PJPeidNj5k9zK2fKjsxORqU3LgbJsqOnGSvSRYu9oevQbpqMDWweniXKBSr0OvWcQyszkAO2r7Nglid3zdw_z_bIKNohAxvGk/s400/D3C_1983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505102662574034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This beautiful male was on a waterbuck kill just outside a guest room. He was joined by a female and her cub.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw16_42hk1i5XaD2gNZ1dA1C8j-y6jiyt4gQwncUWSfu5AejKqeGnZItk6aiWYqC6puC4-kO5gMiB6KSawOugLT44glq50rDksJvHCd3IHZ4evlrKCAGA9yFbaZh4EnwfY_6oXtpTphksP/s1600/D3C_1964.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw16_42hk1i5XaD2gNZ1dA1C8j-y6jiyt4gQwncUWSfu5AejKqeGnZItk6aiWYqC6puC4-kO5gMiB6KSawOugLT44glq50rDksJvHCd3IHZ4evlrKCAGA9yFbaZh4EnwfY_6oXtpTphksP/s400/D3C_1964.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505098333249090" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL7f61OZsBJT3JIUAgPkHxPJaP95MUd2m-Vn86nTXhqIo210rZs1LqdHoeHjEzCE6lZNo2XeYB2nJ945JMNmnnc-hxOW-bXRtqN-LefWqNWEQlHzVN3-q-vA05zugjkMfvgTspviY_FbG/s1600/D3C_1861_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL7f61OZsBJT3JIUAgPkHxPJaP95MUd2m-Vn86nTXhqIo210rZs1LqdHoeHjEzCE6lZNo2XeYB2nJ945JMNmnnc-hxOW-bXRtqN-LefWqNWEQlHzVN3-q-vA05zugjkMfvgTspviY_FbG/s400/D3C_1861_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505096763918146" /></a>
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyMwBplWAWSiAaeit-ApYrikEJKfplfxH30rJxeCWWcyXc4Fz6_t27TgSh1vj0a5c3AoJvmPjdiYBwiVnmVwNuEKeceCb_heW-cfE64zj0OdVqp7dBg0dKI8MxnVS-_Nmf2anSECGpH0S/s1600/D3C_1802_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyMwBplWAWSiAaeit-ApYrikEJKfplfxH30rJxeCWWcyXc4Fz6_t27TgSh1vj0a5c3AoJvmPjdiYBwiVnmVwNuEKeceCb_heW-cfE64zj0OdVqp7dBg0dKI8MxnVS-_Nmf2anSECGpH0S/s400/D3C_1802_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645505092252599938" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY4A3NTZ7Mz-r79zBTEBBhZcbGrxcEmVxdzZrDoRMDibNe1KGFPG2icjNkYSe76c8PFjXlkgwBeHYYy9OrTa_TlTH7FHWM5-NFhnFq1gGmtaYD5QVBG7uOa3d-25-rGdviWbHhvue6I8D/s1600/D3C_1798.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY4A3NTZ7Mz-r79zBTEBBhZcbGrxcEmVxdzZrDoRMDibNe1KGFPG2icjNkYSe76c8PFjXlkgwBeHYYy9OrTa_TlTH7FHWM5-NFhnFq1gGmtaYD5QVBG7uOa3d-25-rGdviWbHhvue6I8D/s400/D3C_1798.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645504164553555154" /></a>
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rqj3-jMWj7DOf2jU0QYMm9pk-sspRmf8W7eQ4P74JiO0W8sQALww12fU9hxbmd3CVnpW9qT6i6cuw72tBxLEqpPxeplwrN3_RUkHzwemUWMcDzGjB9AKT1wG2JFXIDbcuVTWEqfGJEU8/s1600/D3C_1738.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rqj3-jMWj7DOf2jU0QYMm9pk-sspRmf8W7eQ4P74JiO0W8sQALww12fU9hxbmd3CVnpW9qT6i6cuw72tBxLEqpPxeplwrN3_RUkHzwemUWMcDzGjB9AKT1wG2JFXIDbcuVTWEqfGJEU8/s1600/D3C_1738.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rqj3-jMWj7DOf2jU0QYMm9pk-sspRmf8W7eQ4P74JiO0W8sQALww12fU9hxbmd3CVnpW9qT6i6cuw72tBxLEqpPxeplwrN3_RUkHzwemUWMcDzGjB9AKT1wG2JFXIDbcuVTWEqfGJEU8/s400/D3C_1738.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645504164467203122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elephant are well known for their love of water. We watched this bull having a ball while his mates were more subdued and drank before moving off to feed. This waterhole produced elephant almost everyday, and it was great to see a large herd running down to drink.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDIYq7xDHCs2Z6p8rZIwbN040VFYt1krG5BxiUkxuL0u0a0b3MLEbBE-a_8c2JEWHkvUInM3uy21pCUblx4HBm6tGc_gAAVsrUByR1ihviwjH2Vzk2kvKwbRTE-ASZ7YY5xsnuuAZOZE1/s1600/D3C_1644.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDIYq7xDHCs2Z6p8rZIwbN040VFYt1krG5BxiUkxuL0u0a0b3MLEbBE-a_8c2JEWHkvUInM3uy21pCUblx4HBm6tGc_gAAVsrUByR1ihviwjH2Vzk2kvKwbRTE-ASZ7YY5xsnuuAZOZE1/s400/D3C_1644.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645504160413646690" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZKJF-d7L4rHgleVubqBFGTtVIqKi_T70uyhpFUoi3495tf3YYUGj-5VoI8xQYUzvuP7OOpcUwkCUUPM0RUFBdK7eYkU0AQSE1o7_vTAEBcWgxrXRUbjtCZhLH5HuxIv-jTys1h08DrBi/s1600/D3C_1628_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZKJF-d7L4rHgleVubqBFGTtVIqKi_T70uyhpFUoi3495tf3YYUGj-5VoI8xQYUzvuP7OOpcUwkCUUPM0RUFBdK7eYkU0AQSE1o7_vTAEBcWgxrXRUbjtCZhLH5HuxIv-jTys1h08DrBi/s400/D3C_1628_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645503638178452882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dagga Boy's</div><div style="text-align: center;">As they are know are the older males normal found on their own or in small groups. They are fond of wallowing in mud and tend to stay close to waterholes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1c8pZeeRF85_HvZW7cplUEreToppVtvcK4DBn4DDbMXFbmssjRDF24VKseThYgOA-b0yWGaonHv0IlURmjbC6RgB0DqjTabEHN4Og_JrP-WlO7_cHJ-zfRZW9caGvEWEPWHKsSy22_p8/s1600/D3C_1531.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1c8pZeeRF85_HvZW7cplUEreToppVtvcK4DBn4DDbMXFbmssjRDF24VKseThYgOA-b0yWGaonHv0IlURmjbC6RgB0DqjTabEHN4Og_JrP-WlO7_cHJ-zfRZW9caGvEWEPWHKsSy22_p8/s400/D3C_1531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645498607684878834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2pYXx0Aniovj1-e27I2Id9AG9SzJGlogpmdkWKCy-qkuLyB-czIyCow5Ar-A7fwXxdE_qOWes1WCweVWCLXZTuXPnZQc1r-upbqYdX2HPvvm7ZI8Bs5yaPuh57owu7v0eF1gnVRdakb-/s1600/D3C_1507.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2pYXx0Aniovj1-e27I2Id9AG9SzJGlogpmdkWKCy-qkuLyB-czIyCow5Ar-A7fwXxdE_qOWes1WCweVWCLXZTuXPnZQc1r-upbqYdX2HPvvm7ZI8Bs5yaPuh57owu7v0eF1gnVRdakb-/s400/D3C_1507.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645498596984520402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dark Chanting Goshawk</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2fpWLsHro-PA6WkCezTGCt992kHKEC27-5sypWecAzj9saKD_teWgLjnaeSAUzuDQAP0mnl7c5rDVER5uY-Ni379MfU2hqLbLNWK3HZHPt_v-rtdistqLZxWp2L9Lck0lr8LZt_PX7zn/s1600/D3C_1480_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2fpWLsHro-PA6WkCezTGCt992kHKEC27-5sypWecAzj9saKD_teWgLjnaeSAUzuDQAP0mnl7c5rDVER5uY-Ni379MfU2hqLbLNWK3HZHPt_v-rtdistqLZxWp2L9Lck0lr8LZt_PX7zn/s400/D3C_1480_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645498599858009762" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPmTrhoonHKAfLEQkT_nWuGAO8ktzEbKg8VEgYVZI31Urez2aeB0lJ_ueBaSWCgutjp5nI5HwmQT-WUUlAOyr2o5QlwgBhatRRc6GK7OIpoPHigp5z1Ha1vrGq2pbEQCa7bllLhBo0vOK/s1600/D3C_1458_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPmTrhoonHKAfLEQkT_nWuGAO8ktzEbKg8VEgYVZI31Urez2aeB0lJ_ueBaSWCgutjp5nI5HwmQT-WUUlAOyr2o5QlwgBhatRRc6GK7OIpoPHigp5z1Ha1vrGq2pbEQCa7bllLhBo0vOK/s400/D3C_1458_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645497930383994962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grooming male lion just prior to starting out for the nightly patrol.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBY104fuSnmdCDZQM7P2abjS_QyodoYOt9le9JSt-gzxxIifo13SYTYQXqF2SAnttbYJ9j4JxHPU3o9I8HDIqYCtvzwcCICeV9RD5GvW8nDafj0LG0wtDf9PggCZwPH6GbuBAWMdQcX70/s1600/D3C_1418_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBY104fuSnmdCDZQM7P2abjS_QyodoYOt9le9JSt-gzxxIifo13SYTYQXqF2SAnttbYJ9j4JxHPU3o9I8HDIqYCtvzwcCICeV9RD5GvW8nDafj0LG0wtDf9PggCZwPH6GbuBAWMdQcX70/s400/D3C_1418_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645497923803621106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Male leopard on patrol.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2DLnlSkxF9vbiYDbF2U0y-K-CZ0H9MiF0d-tQLf0GLilxOmv2Lr4pH80jtaw1G1l675O-uxj6Fppf1lsB9j3h1K2AopNSzTpeg46sFqZeBbm1RVPxV6GqhQhE-04COjMz1-Tp8_SHjpL/s1600/D3C_1397.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2DLnlSkxF9vbiYDbF2U0y-K-CZ0H9MiF0d-tQLf0GLilxOmv2Lr4pH80jtaw1G1l675O-uxj6Fppf1lsB9j3h1K2AopNSzTpeg46sFqZeBbm1RVPxV6GqhQhE-04COjMz1-Tp8_SHjpL/s400/D3C_1397.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645497922156088258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Camouflage</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk40yUwL_Y4rnDXH6ums895HghyAnIKZGo2eP-T5czoqKy1Z5vvFY8_75H6_Q3BFkxO2LH5ROlP35PidjeUP96kYvCV4Or84k6HzQe90bhVr8xf8pEb2l4ufv32qup9SUzBfiqhfkf9m0/s1600/D3C_1369.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk40yUwL_Y4rnDXH6ums895HghyAnIKZGo2eP-T5czoqKy1Z5vvFY8_75H6_Q3BFkxO2LH5ROlP35PidjeUP96kYvCV4Or84k6HzQe90bhVr8xf8pEb2l4ufv32qup9SUzBfiqhfkf9m0/s400/D3C_1369.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645497919293787890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I have just had enough!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-55883404060933427512011-07-11T20:31:00.010+02:002011-08-30T12:08:48.961+02:00Chikwenya<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJD3fgy363bSYRNMRL1p3Uw8kv4UnhOs4AjqQpuOP5Xu8TTmX-nYp9mn5cH7Rb-KWBF1CBW4qNc4NouGg1jRb_Hm3_05wo3U4TrIwkpxbdjAI3_hZBKQRyBCwhHv7yrd13izRzPPAB4yG9/s1600/D3C_1258.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJD3fgy363bSYRNMRL1p3Uw8kv4UnhOs4AjqQpuOP5Xu8TTmX-nYp9mn5cH7Rb-KWBF1CBW4qNc4NouGg1jRb_Hm3_05wo3U4TrIwkpxbdjAI3_hZBKQRyBCwhHv7yrd13izRzPPAB4yG9/s400/D3C_1258.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167478187592578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.chikwenyasafaris.com">www.chikwenyasafaris.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With Kariba Dam having two gates open at the time of our visit there was a tremendous amount of water in the Zambezi. This meant we could get into areas by boat that you can normally only walk into. We floated over islands and witnessed the animals movements and adaptations to this watery realm.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngz8TJQnPAD4_zAPg2aEUvoDkR2DDE6Z-vw7jf59AIgmCKmCbWjdkJjgQ_MpPDSS2A2q8wy_O_qCO46Qpy83JAlhpx4J8wSEjYmAFaWzi9BRivTTRZgGCh9ZR3zY8ojBicIzi5wDMVnJJ/s1600/D3C_1248.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngz8TJQnPAD4_zAPg2aEUvoDkR2DDE6Z-vw7jf59AIgmCKmCbWjdkJjgQ_MpPDSS2A2q8wy_O_qCO46Qpy83JAlhpx4J8wSEjYmAFaWzi9BRivTTRZgGCh9ZR3zY8ojBicIzi5wDMVnJJ/s400/D3C_1248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167468716852802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There seemed to be hippo everywhere!! WE were lucky to see a calf that had just been born as was still finding it's feet. Luckily it had a very tolerant mom!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xH0F0QDTgiU-aVIBZSugOoZdOWRvoUgE5nUsfkAFWHFJJQE1SRagF1sD6VXLFJ1piQOCsMzCf8Y5IKhdOB2TtGampxZ9Zh1wElj1M1IMdlcQCugZYSq6QBCypi2ob_3jIvVXLs77OOfe/s1600/D3C_1188.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xH0F0QDTgiU-aVIBZSugOoZdOWRvoUgE5nUsfkAFWHFJJQE1SRagF1sD6VXLFJ1piQOCsMzCf8Y5IKhdOB2TtGampxZ9Zh1wElj1M1IMdlcQCugZYSq6QBCypi2ob_3jIvVXLs77OOfe/s400/D3C_1188.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167460154324866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A not so tolerant mom!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJX80ine7Bzy2SZB6k4IhYInSOlZfe721QIXIJyR1K3NsMhMOjSiWsGwyadMnVGdWDeID01afocmQSZlL4fdmEDod8byRC3IN7RygXbx57u0pgIrr1GdQBPlVtfLLfimw-HaJbKGIMEuG2/s1600/D3C_1126.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJX80ine7Bzy2SZB6k4IhYInSOlZfe721QIXIJyR1K3NsMhMOjSiWsGwyadMnVGdWDeID01afocmQSZlL4fdmEDod8byRC3IN7RygXbx57u0pgIrr1GdQBPlVtfLLfimw-HaJbKGIMEuG2/s400/D3C_1126.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167462133389474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The guests opted to use the boat more often as it is so peaceful just floating along. You are also able to get up close to various animals and birds, for great photography.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJlpWHyFQm-UDIv_ADYHELnytU9DMV1nYqsUrVv0dcVPlkcK7aLKAOmoEhQ9FcdPuk5ZpSmEqiBLeLsPQ5utIIGshl8H25xei7BoT9exckxXYQVDdHemDwORcE5axHoddmgE_XXuqJ0zw/s1600/D3C_1112.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJlpWHyFQm-UDIv_ADYHELnytU9DMV1nYqsUrVv0dcVPlkcK7aLKAOmoEhQ9FcdPuk5ZpSmEqiBLeLsPQ5utIIGshl8H25xei7BoT9exckxXYQVDdHemDwORcE5axHoddmgE_XXuqJ0zw/s400/D3C_1112.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167454616774594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elephant rubbing post.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KVM2FYUnc37znrYxUfDhumZKKSlFJjrLNQqCEJM2rlo-tc25D_F0JH5TpO_FUh75MEt-e-wThq1p1ERI6KnwoNEKP67Mh-2IWx6ro7_tbv_mkb9s6dGWKnMxtisX7j54FJLWJYbNevgM/s1600/D3C_1063.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KVM2FYUnc37znrYxUfDhumZKKSlFJjrLNQqCEJM2rlo-tc25D_F0JH5TpO_FUh75MEt-e-wThq1p1ERI6KnwoNEKP67Mh-2IWx6ro7_tbv_mkb9s6dGWKnMxtisX7j54FJLWJYbNevgM/s400/D3C_1063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167053360889090" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CHGlzUCYsy5j2c8crQOrsixeqZ_5V2UQyTuF9vdmVr6b9UYJWad9SMflgakUFj4MnV8x3m6vipmU_4MGky4DuIqfb5qa_JEaO6pF65xc00q1w3d9WGpNHxq16DmCDYf5oVc8J7DjDEWv/s1600/D3C_1003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CHGlzUCYsy5j2c8crQOrsixeqZ_5V2UQyTuF9vdmVr6b9UYJWad9SMflgakUFj4MnV8x3m6vipmU_4MGky4DuIqfb5qa_JEaO6pF65xc00q1w3d9WGpNHxq16DmCDYf5oVc8J7DjDEWv/s400/D3C_1003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167046779159970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A young African Rock Python coiled around a branch above the river.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7-eBSqk8PEzFFVhgdXdHMAErzUDn24vDB4uINPhQOJoORNAuxI9HqRfRo8-1p7uPsHYBieOH8wjY7n3pdg78-7HG1ZfqeMppSlXuPVcmP6MCYA-eOQ5zDCaem0f82MWoyrJjJufqBiNZ/s1600/D3C_0984.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7-eBSqk8PEzFFVhgdXdHMAErzUDn24vDB4uINPhQOJoORNAuxI9HqRfRo8-1p7uPsHYBieOH8wjY7n3pdg78-7HG1ZfqeMppSlXuPVcmP6MCYA-eOQ5zDCaem0f82MWoyrJjJufqBiNZ/s400/D3C_0984.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167047287661714" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ018UyUZvUnZ0kY2c2pOPjwiD0kn-FlR9dZ0GLumo1PJOY634M3P-SpPV_hXqXOMpPRgdBCq3aK_158StWrm86J0Tw1w8m5xcZixx6D51sWPfdD5U-5Pi0F2zoz6Ugpal6jtRrLh41s8/s1600/D3C_0935.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ018UyUZvUnZ0kY2c2pOPjwiD0kn-FlR9dZ0GLumo1PJOY634M3P-SpPV_hXqXOMpPRgdBCq3aK_158StWrm86J0Tw1w8m5xcZixx6D51sWPfdD5U-5Pi0F2zoz6Ugpal6jtRrLh41s8/s400/D3C_0935.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628167044965767682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The famous flood plain of Anna trees along the banks of the Zambezi. These trees are now threatened due to the lack of flooding since the damming of the river. The trees need the floods to help germinate new seeds.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHyrqqBJ3gvW5l-8JZfhZUiImJY3W1c__xruWFvS6lNBUJfNYl10VZdW_kMtXCx0602LSlVgewaVg0eMfSQyj1C43pnoDdkpB5ki2hqmLaBN5X3qt1Qcfap9GhrJpTXfnJtBp7DGy5-Je/s1600/D3C_0911.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHyrqqBJ3gvW5l-8JZfhZUiImJY3W1c__xruWFvS6lNBUJfNYl10VZdW_kMtXCx0602LSlVgewaVg0eMfSQyj1C43pnoDdkpB5ki2hqmLaBN5X3qt1Qcfap9GhrJpTXfnJtBp7DGy5-Je/s400/D3C_0911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166569793945842" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo48lVmr5C2qppMD6MWuLxot95_dgbdjggtQB5ghxMKY7PHCShQLIb5xa6BMaEHbtuXFDpIwAlVJ5-S6F29m0zWO-uGIpOsPN3SfEob6qp7qdfN2nVOmnBdPRlXNk00qYJLnNi-QQdfe2/s1600/D3C_0834.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo48lVmr5C2qppMD6MWuLxot95_dgbdjggtQB5ghxMKY7PHCShQLIb5xa6BMaEHbtuXFDpIwAlVJ5-S6F29m0zWO-uGIpOsPN3SfEob6qp7qdfN2nVOmnBdPRlXNk00qYJLnNi-QQdfe2/s400/D3C_0834.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166563808733026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Saddlebill Stork fishing one of the flooded areas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrwBSZqfcbT9JJ2VmYuxAik0m1s_7LTkTWEKda9_jlPqvTci51QAl5OZcP86El0-QD-3SFnzyhP2QAar4z4VtfxKa_St-QBAjNtrJ5QqNNf2Rh1zIyp_TFmsXmkvSOKLQIgt3_QVoOW5h/s1600/D3C_0824.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrwBSZqfcbT9JJ2VmYuxAik0m1s_7LTkTWEKda9_jlPqvTci51QAl5OZcP86El0-QD-3SFnzyhP2QAar4z4VtfxKa_St-QBAjNtrJ5QqNNf2Rh1zIyp_TFmsXmkvSOKLQIgt3_QVoOW5h/s400/D3C_0824.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166559545952770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Zambezi is about 1.5 km wide at this point.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G5xKQ5UmBgkxzY6qou7Aix2JO5Fn-Z8r0cA3pqsBVRRaqDxpZq3baQGV6kfvDN1jpq_sgR6RSsElYVxuA3NVVC654uykNyOv34Q_3xVZWBvGmPJDNa6eLCRsimaanmwct2WvRnHuMrrX/s1600/D3C_0789.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G5xKQ5UmBgkxzY6qou7Aix2JO5Fn-Z8r0cA3pqsBVRRaqDxpZq3baQGV6kfvDN1jpq_sgR6RSsElYVxuA3NVVC654uykNyOv34Q_3xVZWBvGmPJDNa6eLCRsimaanmwct2WvRnHuMrrX/s400/D3C_0789.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166167240208834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elephant bull reaching for the Anna tree pods. The elephant in this area are smaller than elephant in other areas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYl5PQwxpt5OvuF-t4_nasjtaUZtdBtADE1P-jMzL0VzM8yTMyAYbhaeQEbR7-TzLO-fPDbcWgnIXO6WF_cbZ6da-bkFLSFbp06g6YOVldEaZBhyphenhyphencKlRuAOvQsBKeVEsA-kcPmJ5GKkQh/s1600/D3C_0786.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYl5PQwxpt5OvuF-t4_nasjtaUZtdBtADE1P-jMzL0VzM8yTMyAYbhaeQEbR7-TzLO-fPDbcWgnIXO6WF_cbZ6da-bkFLSFbp06g6YOVldEaZBhyphenhyphencKlRuAOvQsBKeVEsA-kcPmJ5GKkQh/s400/D3C_0786.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166164735392258" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMX_GdcQoUtAOXIPiCfcyQLegxreL1-do2vHDBo1k1pSZM-NfjdRTaOhuImGL0YLMxLy6EvDT7XdUuzcY34VUvkdX7GVV7R29cDkheqI9rfwwe9Aa8AipIO2IlTd89j650srccHDXD4wv/s1600/D3C_0772.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMX_GdcQoUtAOXIPiCfcyQLegxreL1-do2vHDBo1k1pSZM-NfjdRTaOhuImGL0YLMxLy6EvDT7XdUuzcY34VUvkdX7GVV7R29cDkheqI9rfwwe9Aa8AipIO2IlTd89j650srccHDXD4wv/s400/D3C_0772.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628166158004339026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Under the watchful eye of our Zim guide Kaz.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaUiZuheFA-EPZpqqkiC7H2F__mt6TMJWJUkpWJ-aFo81z91AtuwCKUzdzPA3rlZns1LCIwpJS5Gk77oqClQBwj0ZZNHTOuyChcSpqinluEjfGmb1A8ZF-d4JK_cdsGOGh9Cj5hA0QB3h/s1600/D3C_0420.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaUiZuheFA-EPZpqqkiC7H2F__mt6TMJWJUkpWJ-aFo81z91AtuwCKUzdzPA3rlZns1LCIwpJS5Gk77oqClQBwj0ZZNHTOuyChcSpqinluEjfGmb1A8ZF-d4JK_cdsGOGh9Cj5hA0QB3h/s400/D3C_0420.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628165230775658850" /></a>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-5698728745331582622011-06-29T19:29:00.005+02:002011-07-07T08:50:15.396+02:00Winter Workshop 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCYaPbf0obl_7NdsSckUVld4D1DVjIdm2LsJ-yU6kWmOajI-2tfXjbar-4DTRTsLFyeDcYW8he7v49nvlO_qRF_FSGzCP6WdUCI-hIzm7xqnjSkEnM8QAY_dSXV70SQAmSNeS6nQgu8dm/s1600/In+Flight1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCYaPbf0obl_7NdsSckUVld4D1DVjIdm2LsJ-yU6kWmOajI-2tfXjbar-4DTRTsLFyeDcYW8he7v49nvlO_qRF_FSGzCP6WdUCI-hIzm7xqnjSkEnM8QAY_dSXV70SQAmSNeS6nQgu8dm/s400/In+Flight1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626498310571379970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bruna's Fish Eagle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bruna managed to catch this fish eagle at just the right moment on take off!! She has done some work on the image by adding vignetting, a bit of contrast and sharpening.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeibEVPvOznFJ9kY-w88yRBA2f-E3Yv57DJlJ9h96zUTZpO6ytTBqC28DnZIfbOwv3JP-aoiS7VOGThioB3Uy3Wg2tEQwM_10LRK44pJn9GwK54qPGnZ5vIJEYYm5YPrX8tCQhe3kdukn/s1600/D3C_0192.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeibEVPvOznFJ9kY-w88yRBA2f-E3Yv57DJlJ9h96zUTZpO6ytTBqC28DnZIfbOwv3JP-aoiS7VOGThioB3Uy3Wg2tEQwM_10LRK44pJn9GwK54qPGnZ5vIJEYYm5YPrX8tCQhe3kdukn/s400/D3C_0192.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696478951490130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tree Squirrel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">These little guy's are super subjects in the cold weather as they sit in the sun trying to warm up. Their antics as they prepare for the day can be very amusing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Vt7i9rfbSssB4emndgn5ibTgVZiwwkgSBZGFOYpaqhRA13RxIDy91uqBf4Mp7l8Pe_FS5AKqDeKIYHa-YTZn4XmnSvokfAQGOfltMU2knTfFVo4_wS2e1y1Syflsh0E9Z_hicCw9ujTA/s1600/D3C_0200.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Vt7i9rfbSssB4emndgn5ibTgVZiwwkgSBZGFOYpaqhRA13RxIDy91uqBf4Mp7l8Pe_FS5AKqDeKIYHa-YTZn4XmnSvokfAQGOfltMU2knTfFVo4_wS2e1y1Syflsh0E9Z_hicCw9ujTA/s400/D3C_0200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696470789599154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A young elephant testing the wind.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD81onNNdKUqBTt9Az4I5uAVqReXjf-BrCzugtBOsQw0_zPHX8Xk6NqVILGCOJq2C8S28KfR4kF7kRq2Mvf6F5cNTpjcMhePwOeR2vb7b1JOQq7ZEf9Cn7kekzClXzLOjzw6w8IieIk7j/s1600/D3C_0202.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD81onNNdKUqBTt9Az4I5uAVqReXjf-BrCzugtBOsQw0_zPHX8Xk6NqVILGCOJq2C8S28KfR4kF7kRq2Mvf6F5cNTpjcMhePwOeR2vb7b1JOQq7ZEf9Cn7kekzClXzLOjzw6w8IieIk7j/s400/D3C_0202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696279760450530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fish Eagle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As it gets cooler and the pans start drying up. The fish eagles and storks have easy picking. Most pans have a mass of writhing barbel (catfish) caught in the mud. There is also often a lot of competition between the different predatory species.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOjMjM6CzOGEFAfsc0Ism15zvN6er8CvLjtFK_l60PBFtkjWBjU_pRJDSTAAsSgAPLpkelbp0_bCpGLsBqqUo7Ad_9fRB8BP4nb7wBGKxBlOxDzvmC0_lcRJxYxrOCo4GL98v8MpcOOFh/s1600/D3C_0269.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOjMjM6CzOGEFAfsc0Ism15zvN6er8CvLjtFK_l60PBFtkjWBjU_pRJDSTAAsSgAPLpkelbp0_bCpGLsBqqUo7Ad_9fRB8BP4nb7wBGKxBlOxDzvmC0_lcRJxYxrOCo4GL98v8MpcOOFh/s400/D3C_0269.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696273888844786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dwarf Mongoose.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like the squirrel's these little fellows also struggle in the cold of winter and spend a great deal of time in the mornings grooming, warming up, and playing before starting to forage. They are often found in association with hornbills. The hornbills, being birds, are keen to get going in the morning and will call to the mongoose to try and get them up faster. This is because while the mongoose are feeding they often miss insects that the hornbills catch. The mongoose are repaid by having the hornbills as sentry's and by them giving an alarm call for avian predators.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4TvV18gaW6h_DHQzOeIBzkzJl9NSRrZH0oTK1rkt6abkfE870b3qtnkoeftyFgC5dQuYjNiUBvNcai4Kv4S3VBOjG6DR6qUd3ggaA4vM00yD2akiYYpbU6xmIMS7sipuIZjAfG3hG79q/s1600/D3C_0279.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4TvV18gaW6h_DHQzOeIBzkzJl9NSRrZH0oTK1rkt6abkfE870b3qtnkoeftyFgC5dQuYjNiUBvNcai4Kv4S3VBOjG6DR6qUd3ggaA4vM00yD2akiYYpbU6xmIMS7sipuIZjAfG3hG79q/s400/D3C_0279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696269013877202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-8FKJUUK2xqnaojSmkdlExzbD-BDzJSff9iazKxKZGJhVherHgWpS9YQ1bBjZ33Rekj8AC9Vy3ec77ElvwuQphC5xVsAjDly074VauCyuU9aWfWTZZh0YmFZ1a8UbwV-gsrHQOiRDPC1/s1600/D3C_0308.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-8FKJUUK2xqnaojSmkdlExzbD-BDzJSff9iazKxKZGJhVherHgWpS9YQ1bBjZ33Rekj8AC9Vy3ec77ElvwuQphC5xVsAjDly074VauCyuU9aWfWTZZh0YmFZ1a8UbwV-gsrHQOiRDPC1/s400/D3C_0308.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623695998555233314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bruna getting down and dirty!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa2QoiBdYVLwxU1vhpm3MG7qlJsXnuAIfNeoRkwqs6rafQDyzdZe5vKDs70yvu3ofateL59nE0UsHYwOZDGdHHche1gIAyGg6Ej8YvfYEHBYALcw5glHpCCF373bxlRMCFkwpqnp5XZ7t/s1600/D3C_0311.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa2QoiBdYVLwxU1vhpm3MG7qlJsXnuAIfNeoRkwqs6rafQDyzdZe5vKDs70yvu3ofateL59nE0UsHYwOZDGdHHche1gIAyGg6Ej8YvfYEHBYALcw5glHpCCF373bxlRMCFkwpqnp5XZ7t/s400/D3C_0311.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623695826301175922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Michelle looking for that different angle, with her baby cam!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesPvZYjr5dKs8K5punwxQh3cTRnaRB3B3d9udWZy1Fc1jfxdTIN1mmXaw_oClM8xxCFke3tTAjro77x4RjvB87JD2RGuzOqOaJREh6-sBM0u3DD2YZ-VO0jhVYmDjOgCXLj94isnJO8bQ/s1600/D3C_0327.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesPvZYjr5dKs8K5punwxQh3cTRnaRB3B3d9udWZy1Fc1jfxdTIN1mmXaw_oClM8xxCFke3tTAjro77x4RjvB87JD2RGuzOqOaJREh6-sBM0u3DD2YZ-VO0jhVYmDjOgCXLj94isnJO8bQ/s400/D3C_0327.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623695803638711954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Linda all wrapped up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFcixNLXmktf7M0RmZnRgrXXDe5Pn4IP1WLRP7z6gzlG58yWTq5KnswY-Td3A0Alxx2A15xVyTVCDLQfmSjecPtSQKgdJWthe_9yQNI1NPAtrSrUSvt0XZQqkJagqdFGnZrTdDoduQuV3/s1600/D3C_0350.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFcixNLXmktf7M0RmZnRgrXXDe5Pn4IP1WLRP7z6gzlG58yWTq5KnswY-Td3A0Alxx2A15xVyTVCDLQfmSjecPtSQKgdJWthe_9yQNI1NPAtrSrUSvt0XZQqkJagqdFGnZrTdDoduQuV3/s400/D3C_0350.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623695796515349938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A large herd of buffalo on the morning drive.</div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-75752785159589500042011-05-16T13:07:00.005+02:002011-08-30T12:13:26.776+02:00Photo Opportunity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEALuzcAyzY3AuS8WfUR2TpEyWDnJWcHHFjJiqZ6cb4NG0efL2WX9G9VYfPM4pGybCpvZSbsauSEYmNYKUtKQeT6itAgj5vZf0htMumkHKLSMP_LasreKR92xYncgpWi_ClCOwL5zESrw/s1600/advert.tiff" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEALuzcAyzY3AuS8WfUR2TpEyWDnJWcHHFjJiqZ6cb4NG0efL2WX9G9VYfPM4pGybCpvZSbsauSEYmNYKUtKQeT6itAgj5vZf0htMumkHKLSMP_LasreKR92xYncgpWi_ClCOwL5zESrw/s400/advert.tiff" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607270084163115026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Have a look at the last Diversions article at <a href="http://www.divleisure.co.za">www.divleisure.co.za</a></div><div><div>
<br /></div></div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-80511144607104931102011-05-15T12:58:00.004+02:002011-05-16T13:39:48.140+02:00Guests Comment<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijQ3KdWGjv-BskK9QY-1OZdBED6HMUCauFVA0yNrPEP72xfXyHwDC9g_w6fvdHEKj1nEuBeO34z8lUPMETj7HLS1BnQIZHldISLsyoRq-HbU16JpzTo5ts8vGc98mp_O0yxmRG0IeYYzi/s1600/D3C_9883.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijQ3KdWGjv-BskK9QY-1OZdBED6HMUCauFVA0yNrPEP72xfXyHwDC9g_w6fvdHEKj1nEuBeO34z8lUPMETj7HLS1BnQIZHldISLsyoRq-HbU16JpzTo5ts8vGc98mp_O0yxmRG0IeYYzi/s400/D3C_9883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606896397327542802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I copied this comment off a guests blog and translated it directly from Spanish to English. It certainly had me in stitches!!</div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#535353;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sean Pattrick descended from Irish, has licensed guide of level 3, with specialization in management of rifle, is coach of guides, a degree in management of farms. Hunter professional, manufactures their own knives, is sculptor, wrote for travel magazines and is a professional photographer specializing in wildlife. A great guy like a closet is wardrobe, with a deep voice and appearance of breakfast crocodiles. As they say in that bad movie: "You could drop him off at the North pole wearing a g-string and two-weeks later he would show up in Mexico with a fist-full of pesos and an Attitude." The difference is that he would bring further magnificent photos of the experience. And how, also is not a piece of bread. It has been our teacher of photography for four days. A privilege.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-67776988722013003452011-03-24T15:43:00.007+02:002011-03-29T15:01:18.756+02:00A New Family Member!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNopL1VyxPN_FqxyaP2igrYuGLVimndQj2d4j_xFxAytCTPHlmYZQQopr5_Vd1e_gG_x2sEwnPR8K2VguVRAvDzKYrR6pCZ8lkR3knzHf4rDaF7OSGxbnZTUpZXaX_GKMnM1uG2eeuIX65/s1600/sunset.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNopL1VyxPN_FqxyaP2igrYuGLVimndQj2d4j_xFxAytCTPHlmYZQQopr5_Vd1e_gG_x2sEwnPR8K2VguVRAvDzKYrR6pCZ8lkR3knzHf4rDaF7OSGxbnZTUpZXaX_GKMnM1uG2eeuIX65/s400/sunset.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190815569174194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A Labrador Retriever in the bush.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not the dog you expect to see in the bush but she is taking to it like a lab to water!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bailey is a yellow lab that has South African Champion father and comes from a working background at the Eagertriever Labradors. www.eagertrievelabs.co.za </div><div style="text-align: center;">She is super bright and is already sitting, walking on a lead and doing short retrieves!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Yo6IKMtD0aW5srIBry-jJJs6bH7irFpQm6M2CEXktqNU01bwhbZyeuZYf5mo-Cx7vIRjAp23cUUuAOAnPy3VInTfkmXwbDhzO8oKJgRB2eyKh9mEVlLyJqm8UiPfyIcBALbRr9L0-_YY/s1600/hammock.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Yo6IKMtD0aW5srIBry-jJJs6bH7irFpQm6M2CEXktqNU01bwhbZyeuZYf5mo-Cx7vIRjAp23cUUuAOAnPy3VInTfkmXwbDhzO8oKJgRB2eyKh9mEVlLyJqm8UiPfyIcBALbRr9L0-_YY/s400/hammock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190627004564946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chilling in the Hammock.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The only way to keep cool and watch the game on the Olifants river plains below the house. The hippo snorts and honks certainly got her attention!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE2S-A698ItHHgq5VEW85TmjXbTvtiphTuwjIbbKb0aSBJ8JZnetUA94jG6DENgm0iANXeg4P2sJ2cXUge0u83vwz9M6zQ82_olFTp56iewkSKpCmmbfTlj2Cvz6_WRaWx2Km0UfEhJmi/s1600/run.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE2S-A698ItHHgq5VEW85TmjXbTvtiphTuwjIbbKb0aSBJ8JZnetUA94jG6DENgm0iANXeg4P2sJ2cXUge0u83vwz9M6zQ82_olFTp56iewkSKpCmmbfTlj2Cvz6_WRaWx2Km0UfEhJmi/s400/run.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190625571047746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Checking on all the new smells that have been left by passing animals in the night,</div><div style="text-align: center;">before our morning training session. We are all on a steep learning curve and are having a great time doing it. We are following Mike Lardy's training program from http://www.totalretriever.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuyhq2muW1cf-yWQN1tlZMAOPkOYJJTUa-755BpTQS_RO55F8hKoeIWXqDvLwMfgrqZlZ6l0BvFMN4WY_RINFd6bpxWiIsL39c1oHXNgzKZxCszZx0ZrzKtNZv377HV1O0GGCnfSqJ4HO/s1600/pool.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuyhq2muW1cf-yWQN1tlZMAOPkOYJJTUa-755BpTQS_RO55F8hKoeIWXqDvLwMfgrqZlZ6l0BvFMN4WY_RINFd6bpxWiIsL39c1oHXNgzKZxCszZx0ZrzKtNZv377HV1O0GGCnfSqJ4HO/s400/pool.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190618811639826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing like a pool to beat the lowveld heat at lunch time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PcSHEkHovmZTgcECEHxpUwdjeNPKPYNIGWWEDRood5NS_oICtzOpLo4X7lDaRRVfi98f-qICJe_1RoqnexLnHuJJ4Os1oo5Grojqb_fZZZTY5XH9fwOkLpIApzPcwfXMrOxmBelCBabn/s1600/frogs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PcSHEkHovmZTgcECEHxpUwdjeNPKPYNIGWWEDRood5NS_oICtzOpLo4X7lDaRRVfi98f-qICJe_1RoqnexLnHuJJ4Os1oo5Grojqb_fZZZTY5XH9fwOkLpIApzPcwfXMrOxmBelCBabn/s400/frogs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190101997640946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some swimming companions! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Grey Tree frogs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdy4J4INrQkTDt3sCsff22qhp6W5jYq3SeTjOT6qvKGqQsVpqyoepD5mThmCGLW9DF5lqqLagEJe99MAOKM-frWvhGxCqAcDVlWacNK4QxusmwtGjnXYFpdb7KEuPgNDGKvK5YGKJbF5wm/s1600/dam.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdy4J4INrQkTDt3sCsff22qhp6W5jYq3SeTjOT6qvKGqQsVpqyoepD5mThmCGLW9DF5lqqLagEJe99MAOKM-frWvhGxCqAcDVlWacNK4QxusmwtGjnXYFpdb7KEuPgNDGKvK5YGKJbF5wm/s400/dam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589190095896994146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Learning to swim in the local waterhole. At least there are no croc's in here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2L0lToa1m4RzK9-X5IBdIq2StRxEZ7z0V7WnEanv4jG_bqMiDQuQxu-WZUtpxaMfJC1hR3w5mbJ7WE_XqVQ_BI7KpcBUDffkkb1TgiEFFtRWw5FuHNedhO7IYbsVf45xG9WlZZKZv8Ja/s1600/beer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2L0lToa1m4RzK9-X5IBdIq2StRxEZ7z0V7WnEanv4jG_bqMiDQuQxu-WZUtpxaMfJC1hR3w5mbJ7WE_XqVQ_BI7KpcBUDffkkb1TgiEFFtRWw5FuHNedhO7IYbsVf45xG9WlZZKZv8Ja/s400/beer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589189674659588338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Learning the finer points of retrieving from the boss!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSByx_FnH3r_Sf63CH0Ck5RmEY5vmfXGzHABlEaqR3OVZOXarTG8sCSWdX8tpF9_39O558Y6A-53om4r5HJAmjZ94uOm4SekqT8KtWGNMb6MCSBCe1DclesZyPOz4OG2woOpXaGibu_4Zl/s1600/earlick.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSByx_FnH3r_Sf63CH0Ck5RmEY5vmfXGzHABlEaqR3OVZOXarTG8sCSWdX8tpF9_39O558Y6A-53om4r5HJAmjZ94uOm4SekqT8KtWGNMb6MCSBCe1DclesZyPOz4OG2woOpXaGibu_4Zl/s400/earlick.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589189665038918962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">That's not doggy paddle!</div>Sean Pattrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121580397497531770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903447948521490775.post-70240891490941627402011-01-31T21:21:00.007+02:002011-08-30T12:15:17.542+02:00A Bush Bash in the Timbavati.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-e82a0ImCkrela3cBsXvo39-dXnUib2pR-bER6pPg7Wf_tkKt4rQsNMKBjQKNu40HDshWOAelUFXWVjDacocqBree3JnF-ISHWe8kpBg2g7-YZp9l7GN2toCy1xiwzJ4Fi9ely0as4JqS/s1600/IMG_1328.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-e82a0ImCkrela3cBsXvo39-dXnUib2pR-bER6pPg7Wf_tkKt4rQsNMKBjQKNu40HDshWOAelUFXWVjDacocqBree3JnF-ISHWe8kpBg2g7-YZp9l7GN2toCy1xiwzJ4Fi9ely0as4JqS/s400/IMG_1328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229908240309442" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Panther and the python (boa)!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Learning about one of our most feared animals from Donald (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(14, 119, 74); line-height: 18px; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.khamai.co.za">www.khamai.co.za</a>)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">at Bateleur Camp in the Timbavati Game Reserve.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(14, 119, 74); line-height: 18px; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvHTYY5A0zw00jSUGzxbI9Ky2E4LEpWS9mUKnQ1AwS-ADEonTtVVvw2-moGrDDB6X1j9m5TxuSc6Eg6qd1i2_9ZhjAVvGD8K0T1h6ted-uuBNx3GS4bVRRB61HeMC_D7A5qpb9VouR0sz/s1600/IMG_9171.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvHTYY5A0zw00jSUGzxbI9Ky2E4LEpWS9mUKnQ1AwS-ADEonTtVVvw2-moGrDDB6X1j9m5TxuSc6Eg6qd1i2_9ZhjAVvGD8K0T1h6ted-uuBNx3GS4bVRRB61HeMC_D7A5qpb9VouR0sz/s400/IMG_9171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229799487001602" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Leopard one of FIVE in four days!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFt65QKJgyaXcMEFZgviDUbOqgrMFOFCqI0U0lNWg1tR0pYbJj40i62xadrC4-jhTzO3UMslAhMAIsHqeHE-Hws9B2xF1SsFroa4UhptBWA4f-4YK4FYxlTQq4dkbpKEeoethHgfzWZh0/s1600/IMG_8942.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFt65QKJgyaXcMEFZgviDUbOqgrMFOFCqI0U0lNWg1tR0pYbJj40i62xadrC4-jhTzO3UMslAhMAIsHqeHE-Hws9B2xF1SsFroa4UhptBWA4f-4YK4FYxlTQq4dkbpKEeoethHgfzWZh0/s400/IMG_8942.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229801605695426" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFT_5BQBjG0PlO21KO-usxqPNY9NIoU-AgXvTpgUUmXRb1HZ5Ns-b4VkIM6xk800rwfWXQZOTEklD4orasvMNtrbrykivFh5wJeejV-_ZWsyD8cAY0kwIOM-K8OcJn_qQqHmtv-3alB7K/s1600/IMG_8768.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFT_5BQBjG0PlO21KO-usxqPNY9NIoU-AgXvTpgUUmXRb1HZ5Ns-b4VkIM6xk800rwfWXQZOTEklD4orasvMNtrbrykivFh5wJeejV-_ZWsyD8cAY0kwIOM-K8OcJn_qQqHmtv-3alB7K/s400/IMG_8768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229793531978914" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Doctor and elephant bull have a moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjebZnJm2gjpBna7avb0QrzYGWarvdFU-unSxPid4ScIp05Tg3S_4cAiUAY5WeHRZ72_XE_GmGLzQMG8OZHvQ2Na_VlGWaowfxLyXcPAtHbrRnWz3zpWTuRecXU-fV9aNa6ZK8bqmk0DH/s1600/IMG_8556.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjebZnJm2gjpBna7avb0QrzYGWarvdFU-unSxPid4ScIp05Tg3S_4cAiUAY5WeHRZ72_XE_GmGLzQMG8OZHvQ2Na_VlGWaowfxLyXcPAtHbrRnWz3zpWTuRecXU-fV9aNa6ZK8bqmk0DH/s400/IMG_8556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229792197639682" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Boomslang</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Often confused with a green mamba but the mamba's distribution is along the coastal belt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAuMt7bA51bmtHGbTYtMjjQlg9fL9kSJ4k95ujkV6EmriTEsAfpQE9nJ-_kUXhkfdStd9giBfahncK__eiyKnkXD_OXIK2R0HusCnAR4HxELTcfmKprW5MXAKPqIS3ZJ6E4nAOifY8IwB/s1600/IMG_8337.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAuMt7bA51bmtHGbTYtMjjQlg9fL9kSJ4k95ujkV6EmriTEsAfpQE9nJ-_kUXhkfdStd9giBfahncK__eiyKnkXD_OXIK2R0HusCnAR4HxELTcfmKprW5MXAKPqIS3ZJ6E4nAOifY8IwB/s400/IMG_8337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229464808204562" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Making safe !!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdNRSwvJcdp8UgQc-rTYEkrLMs0HvheclkrDyOrCWuttXVYJly6NfMgynT-C4TAPHVEgzT4FnKaOIKiMTe1vbkSUtOJiKrdhLUSHBWMWaKOC6cWraDn61M5Ik9YT79bHCmxRXUsMXVsgu/s1600/2web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdNRSwvJcdp8UgQc-rTYEkrLMs0HvheclkrDyOrCWuttXVYJly6NfMgynT-C4TAPHVEgzT4FnKaOIKiMTe1vbkSUtOJiKrdhLUSHBWMWaKOC6cWraDn61M5Ik9YT79bHCmxRXUsMXVsgu/s400/2web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229459267565026" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gerhard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Looking at the remains of an impala. Possibly killed by a leopard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4XApjSq2F5Eu02LWIqxcwe8bBfvxUn1BZ-DlXgzlhxrRGv_KcUSPWWedk7XzCqUVzhicnyzTNa6gqSpwM_iXIngXUlcTB0bCLRk7TdlnBVKHEDZy-KadGxulL8lu8Ch_7ok7Uz7o4dPx/s1600/IMG_9162.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4XApjSq2F5Eu02LWIqxcwe8bBfvxUn1BZ-DlXgzlhxrRGv_KcUSPWWedk7XzCqUVzhicnyzTNa6gqSpwM_iXIngXUlcTB0bCLRk7TdlnBVKHEDZy-KadGxulL8lu8Ch_7ok7Uz7o4dPx/s400/IMG_9162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229455220511426" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The pose we all expect to see leopards in.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQPSTeqBI5kO2RhhwiUBh8wFj1SJhkP7-GOROWHOXfpTz5hx39ir5EyWTRYm79cK4RMwVZCa3otrmNWMUK3RotVjLfJsVuKxh7ShX471rneleqQcMMWLm1h6yZRUjL1a0HTkFB8Dn6ItI/s1600/1web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQPSTeqBI5kO2RhhwiUBh8wFj1SJhkP7-GOROWHOXfpTz5hx39ir5EyWTRYm79cK4RMwVZCa3otrmNWMUK3RotVjLfJsVuKxh7ShX471rneleqQcMMWLm1h6yZRUjL1a0HTkFB8Dn6ItI/s400/1web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229457725695378" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The saying goes something like this " you don't have to be the fastest you must just not be the slowest!" are those shoes saying something?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n7zDvXhbBBdU1S3hw_8adK0I85bia54R7isTi1ieVbPSV92B45wHVQ7fShp-KHJXR5XFwn03ITkFAI2iUH7Vf7soLOnHfQHFe1uZmfaKQBJDT7LnmpKAYdM450kNuFyqmtXw04ucoLul/s1600/IMG_9278.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n7zDvXhbBBdU1S3hw_8adK0I85bia54R7isTi1ieVbPSV92B45wHVQ7fShp-KHJXR5XFwn03ITkFAI2iUH7Vf7soLOnHfQHFe1uZmfaKQBJDT7LnmpKAYdM450kNuFyqmtXw04ucoLul/s400/IMG_9278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573229449899808818" border="0" /></a>
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