The wind was beautifully calm this morning. I was just about to take to the air when I noticed some clouds moving in. And these clouds were MOVING! But there was still not the slightest breeze on the ground. I waited a short while and soon we were blowing and the strong winds blew for the rest of the day. If I had got up there I would no doubt have been blown all over the place.
This meant I couldn’t search for Manyari although I did try on the ground.
Heading north to the dog den, they have definitely moved. A sure sign being the fleas that were all over me as I stood around the den entrance. They didn’t have a host anymore and I was the next best thing.
I walked the hills and the surrounding mopanie woodland but had no joy in finding any sign of them.
So it’s great that they’ve moved but it’s going to be really hard to locate them. Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be calm and I’ll be able to fly.
With the day almost gone I headed south along the Chiredzi River. This impressive bull had just finished his mud bath and was headed west. But what was most annoying to me were those vehicle tracks in the sand. A different kind of pollution, which I’m always fully aware of, be it in the river or any patch of bare ground. AND the culprit was me, about a month ago. At the time I knew the tracks I made would be an eyesore but I was rushing and desperate to film elephants sliding down the river bank. Always a spectacular sight.
Those tracks will be there until the next rains and then all will be forgotten/forgiven. But in the meantime I have to live with this eyesore every time I drive past.
Limping on to Hwata after another puncture there were a number of bulls waiting their turn to drink. And lurking on the horizon was the sun. It was perfectly positioned to provide that stunning afternoon light on the elephant. BUT there was this cloud.
With the way the clouds had been moving all day, I was sure it was soon to pass. Not this time. It decided to track to sun all the way to the horizon for the next hour and then disappeared for the day. Frustrating or not? It would have been absolutely stunning on those elephant, especially that guy spraying water.
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