Finally, an update. The last years have been hectic and I just don’t know where they went! Last March found me facing the ‘alleged’ murderers in court in Mthata in ……, or at least the four that are still alive. It was something I didn’t want to do but I had always said to […]
Archives for April 2021
The Lilac Crested Roller…
The Lilac-Breasted Roller: 5 Interesting Facts About Kenya’s National Bird These beautiful birds are plentiful as you travel through from Limpopo Province in South Africa and up through sub-Saharan Africa. I remember the first time I saw them on our friend’s game farm, hardly believing their amazing grace and colours, a site I often remember […]
Addis Ababa & Beyond..
So we have all been very active and have now completed 6,148km! More than two thirds of the way to Cairo now, on our way to Khartoum. A couple of pics here from very talented photographers who share their work on “Unsplash”
The Hadada Ibis – the Ha-de-da!
This large, ungainly bird with it’s iridescent plumage was the one that would wake us most mornings with its loud squawking – fo want of a better word – and would land in tall trees at the end of the day again to roost.They would walk sedately over our lawns digging for insects with their […]
Nicknames…
We all love to have cute names of endearment for our loved ones – would you like share yours? Bronwen used to call her brother ‘Jemery” when she was small, I’d often call him JAB or Jabberwocky (he was Jeremy Andrew Brooke and when he was born he was quite small and in an incubator […]
5,625km completed – more than halfway to Cairo
https://goo.gl/maps/wQwcAKyKWo1wSwBY6 So we are now heading toward 6,000km on our virtual journey up through Africa, moving up from Meru in Kenya to Moyale and then onwards to Awassa in Ethiopia – next main point. Remember that you can click on any point on the map and find out a bit more about the […]
A letter to my boy
To Jemery, as your sister used to call you when you first arrived. Thank you for allowing me to be your mum and for sharing your life on earth with me. For always being there – at the other end of a phone oftentimes, but there none-the less, where ever in the world you found […]
Swallows..
While we have been making our virtual journey up through Africa, the British Swallows have been preparing themselves for their annual migration back to the UK & Ireland from South Africa. For their last few weeks in the African sun, they can be seen in their flocks, urgently flying and feeding on the insects they […]
Nearly halfway up through Africa!
Click here to see map and then anywhere on the map to zoom in and get more info.. http://www.gumbylegacy.com/nearly-halfway-africa/