I wasn’t sure what the weather was going to do today with the forecast showing heavy showers for Monday and Tuesday. In the end I probably felt three drops of rain, but this was too late, because I had decided not to cross the Chiredzi River to follow the wild dogs.
I pottered around the riverside checking for signal and hoping to pick up on some movement, but I ended up at Chikwete Cliffs sipping on a cup of tea and looking through my book on trees. I headed for Banyini and ran into my grumpy old elephant friend. He attempted a charge, but ended up using the nearest tree as a rubbing post.
Later in the afternoon I hit Hippo Valley with the thunder of my 2.4 Toyota Hilux. I ended up a little lost pulling into a scout picket for directions and found the dogs right up against the Western most boundary – this is a long way from home. I managed to stay with them while they tormented a herd of eland, but they ended up going through some thick bush. T
The sun was setting and I still had to make the great trek back to base camp. I ended up driving in circles at times and missing a few turns here and there, but otherwise a hop, skip and a jump and I was back across the Chiredzi.
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