Full English break courtesy of Isaac before a 2 hour walk
with Gibson (and a student) through the Nyika countryside. The walk was
beautiful with lots of reedbucks, bushbucks, eland and rohan antelopes plus
flowers everywhere. We learnt that the
park authorities have a planned burning rotation to provide new growth – we had
originally thought all the flowers were due to rain but this is not the case. Another useful fact that Gibson divulged was
the local remedy for nose bleeds – inhaling the smoke of burning porcupine
dung!
Had a leisurely middle of the day, reading and sorting
photos out. Then off for a 2 hour
mountain bike ride with Gibson – this was definitely not leisurely probably due
to the altitude (approx. 2200 m) but also a lack of exercise for the last
month.
Back to the chalet for another fantastic 3 course dinner –
tuna pate, followed by pork chops, spinach, carrots and rice, and apple crumble
and custard for pudding. We then spent a
frustrating hour in the bar trying to connect to their wifi and failing. As the generator is only on for 3 hours a
night we returned to our chalet to sit in front of the fire – it is really cold
here at night.
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