28th March 2000
The evening started off fine when we were able to spend a few moments with the White Cloth female leopard but as she headed across country we got stuck in our pursuit of her.
We were told to expect more rain yesterday and when none came it was another chance to blame the weather man, but short lived it was. Soon after dark the rain arrived, first as a storm and then the continuous drizzle. It let up for a while and then down again. (Under our covers we were able to show you a re-run of Tjololo’s buffalo kill from the 25th). We tried to sit it out but by midnight it was still raining heavily and finding the Maxipiri already flowing strongly we had to make a dash for camp, a good hour and a half away. It was a race against time as all the streams we crossed were already flowing strongly. Back at camp the Sand river is still rising rapidly.
This rain is more typical of our weather, but because the ground is already so waterlogged, any rain means serious runoff and flooding. But at least now our first cold front has arrived, not very cold, but it will hopefully mean less thunderstorms and a drying out.
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