Continuing the photography and royalty theme in London, today it is off to the Queen’s Gallery, to see “The Heart of the Great Alone”, the Antarctic photography expedition featuring photographs of Scott and Shackleton by […]
I had been watching season 4 of The Tudors in January, which made me want to learn more about Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s repudiated 4th Queen. Despite being reputed to have a face a […]
The flight from Cape Town to London Heathrow breezes by, and seems much shorter than 11 hours. Even on British Airways. Even better, arriving at the hotel St Ermin’s in St James’s Park at 8:30 […]
I have time for one more game drive this morning at Kwandwe, before leaving for Port Elizabeth airport for a flight to Cape Town, then London. I can hear the rain dripping from the thatched […]
Another 6am start today pays dividends straightaway at Kwandwe. Two male subadult lions, brothers, who are about 4 years old are nearby. When we find them, they are calmly lying in the grass, catching the […]
The morning game drive at Kwandwe involves a 6am wake-up call, for a 6:45ish departure. Morning temperatures are cool, with reasonably clear skies. We are lucky to see a young black-backed jackal using one of […]
