I wonder how he survives in this place, where every scrap of open land is tilled and tended. Maybe our snake pasture provides a bit of sanctuary for him. It is certainly repaying our kind neglect wonderfully now, drawing the seed eating birds in good numbers. Such a variety of pretty grass heads, blond and golden and copper and russet. It really is a snake pasture though, since we released the little herald snake we unintentionally brought back from Lengwe into it.
Winter is drawing in, it s the start of the dry .
Breakfast on the veranda is becoming debatable, and we re starting to wonder where we stored our jerseys and pull-overs. The really good thing about this is that winter is the best time for exploring game parks. There is less vegetation to fight through, less chance of getting stuck in marshy ground, and a greater chance of camping under the stars and waking up dry. We still have the northern parks to see, the Nyika plateau and Vwaza Marsh. I ll write them up for you as soon as we ve been.