A nice few kms through the Green Belt in the sunshine after yesterday’s misery.
And the weather wasn’t great, either.
Busy day ahead tomorrow with at least one roof being replaced Chez 6000.
I need to go to bed.
Quota Green Belt
Category: quota photo
Quota Kestrel
A long but fun day celebrating Mrs 6000’s birthday. There were gifts, there was a really good lunch, there was even a bit of time to chill out this afternoon.
Oh, and there was incredible wind, as well.
We – like the UK – are in for a rough day or two.
But now I’m knackered, so here’s a quota Rock Kestrel – a Rooivalk – from Agulhas last month.
Obliging little guy sat on an old telegraph pole very patiently for just as long as I needed to shoot him.
Thanks for that.
Monitoring the situation
I played football last night, and consequently, I found myself absolutely broken today.
And yet I’ve still had to do a whole day of stuff.
Eina fok.
So here’s a Water Monitor from Kruger National Park.
He has nothing to do with my predicament today. But he will suffice in being a quota photo, allowing me to get on with going to bed.
Only just started
We’ve been back from Kruger for almost two weeks, and I’m only just getting started on editing some photos. There a lot of them and it’s not going particularly well.
Here’s how far I’ve got so far:
This is the sunrise on our first morning game drive. Not even light enough to get any photos of anything else, and – being honest – a bread and butter shot because I was still a bit asleep.
But the sunrises and sunsets up North are pretty special, and this one was no exception.
Coming soon: some pictures of actual animals.
T&Cs apply.
Give me a minute, please…
Bit of catching up still to do after an amazing few days away.
Lots of great experiences. Lots of animals. Lots of birds. Lots of photos to share.
But…
A 20 hour day – which included a 4 o’clock start, a 4 hour game drive through Kruger Park, a 6 hour road drive through Mpumalanga and numerous encounters with its utterly mad drivers, and then a 2 hour flight back down to our little corner of Africa before we could get home – is still taking its toll.
A foolishly fast run this morning seemed like a good idea at the time, but probably wasn’t.
This hyena is me right now.
More tomorrow.