Category Archives: conservation

Greenline Magazine -Clive Stockil, Prince William and Gonarezhou…..

Posted on January 29, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

What a fabulous Zimbabwean conservation magazine!… click here to get insightful articles on Gonarezhou, Tusk Trust, Clive Stockil  and the Prince William Award, (including Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge)…. Greenline Magazine – Greenline Magazine – Issue 3 2013.

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Flame lilies in Mutare to Fires at Chilo Gorge…..

Posted on January 26, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The Zimbabwe Travel Authority has initiated a tour of media writers from Britain to visit Zimbabwe…and we travel from Harare to Mutare to meet them after they have stayed at Inn on the Ruparara. After spending a night with dear … Continue reading →

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Portfolios, pedals, people and pop-ups-Painted Wolf Wines in 2013….

Posted on January 24, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Read the link below and my further notes below that,  for a resume of the year 2013, an exciting and successful year in the life of Painted Wolf Wines and Zimbabwe’s wild dogs! Portfolios, pedals, people and pop-ups – Painted … Continue reading →

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David Hockney creates IPad Art, Lin Barrie is inspired……..!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

I am inspired! Last year I created a wine bottle label for Painted Wolf Wines, a bottle to be auctioned at our Taste of Africa event in the Mukuvisi Woodlands, raising awareness and funds for African wild dogs…I created it … Continue reading →

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Sustainable solution for Save Valley Conservancy…….

Posted on January 10, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Clive Stockil and I have travelled from Senuko and are again in Harare, together with other Conservancy members, for meetings with Government and all interested parties, to gain resolution on final indigenisation from Government. Today is another step in the … Continue reading →

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Chilo hornbills in flight, cute spider and aloe spikes….

Posted on January 9, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

6th January: A visit to Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, delivering radios for their communications, gives me a chance to dive into the gardens and catch up with the gardeners there. A sundown visit to the Chivalula Falls is awe inspiring, … Continue reading →

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Button quail sound like young African wild dogs, red wing starlings sound messy!….

Posted on January 9, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

4th January: heard a plaintive sound last night and again early this morning, almost like a young wild dog calling whoo whoo in the distance, but have suddenly realized it is the button quail, calling from thick grass cover…. Peering … Continue reading →

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New Years Day, resolutions, and Crinum lilies…..

Posted on January 4, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

1st January 2014: New Years Day dawns grey, raining and cool. Night of the 31st we heard Clive’s BBC interview..brief but powerful comment on rhino losses and challenges we face… Zimbabwe policy on indigenisation of companies to be announced today…we … Continue reading →

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a deluge has come, edible bullfrogs galore, floods and mosquitoes…

Posted on January 4, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

30th December: a deluge has come, bullfrogs galore…. Get home late from the Senuko Lodge yesterday evening and lose power as we arrive. We eat cold leftovers and creep to bed in the dark. Lots on our minds. Turn on … Continue reading →

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No rain, no resolution, buffaloes bombshell…….

Posted on January 4, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

29th December: A few days of no rain and no resolution… A few days of no rain and the grass is grey and curling. Strong winds have blown apart a forked Brachystegia tamarindoides tree over our swimming pool, but it … Continue reading →

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