NEWS
August 18, 2010
On an afternoon research drive we are headed for the airstrip. On the way we came across to young males between the ages of 10 and […]
August 5, 2010
After a long day out with the elephants, working on a talk I am giving in Gaborone next week and the International Elephant Foundation application we […]
July 17, 2010
It was a particularly busy day today. The alarm went off at 0545 and whilst the rest of the camp was still asleep, even the birds […]
April 11, 2010
Thando is back in the area and so we headed out towards the picnic site as he was near there from his satellite downloads. I tracked […]
April 10, 2010
Elephants LOVE marula fruit. We have a marula tree outside out our tent and it is in fruit and so we are having lots of visits […]
March 16, 2010
As dawn broke we heard elephants outside our tent so went out to try and see them and we came across a small herd, led by […]
January 6, 2010
We went out last night to celebrate the camp managers at Seba’s birthday and so we headed for the bridge and had a lovely bush dinner. […]
November 27, 2009
0530 and the alarm ring joined the sounds of the dawn chorus and roused me out of deep sleep. My motivation to get up and go […]
November 24, 2009
The dawn chorus wakes me, a cacophony of bird song taking over from the noises of the night. I am keen to get out and about […]
November 21, 2009
Sunday morning and the alarm went off at 0530. We left for the airstrip at 0600 and after checking the perimeter for animals, I started running […]
November 21, 2009
arrived in Tubu Tree Lodge on the next door concession on Sunday, just in time for lunch, having been picked up by the rest of the […]
November 17, 2009
As I write this a rain thunders down onto the tin roof of our office and takes away the oppressive heat of the day. The storm […]
November 13, 2009
After a very successful fundraising trip to the states, Sim and I drove our personal vehicle back to camp, an 8 hour journey from Maun, through […]
October 5, 2009
There are many things that amaze me about elephants, their size and strength mixed with such grace and their ability to understand things with no obvious […]
September 11, 2009
I first meet Diana on the 22nd of November 2008, whilst I was out doing field work with Kate and Joseph. We could tell something was […]
December 30, 2008
On the Charities’ 1st birthday, 28th December 2008, Simon Buckingham, Rebecca Smith and I stood on top of the highest mountain in Africa and the world’s […]
November 24, 2008
We headed out west today. We cannot go out west during the flood season as the water cuts it off and so we make the most […]
May 27, 2008
As I flew over Johannesburg as we circled to land at Oliver Tambo Airport – I marvelled at the size of it, a city that has […]