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Birding and Impalas; Predators and Art…

Posted on April 25, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

Clive Stockil and I have helped to host some wonderful guests at Chilo Gorge and in Gonarezhou Park over the last few weeks. It has been a very busy time, with Safari guides Thomas Mutombeni, Lionel Muzengi, John Laing, Clive … Continue reading →

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The burning of 214 Brooke Drive, and a ‘Woman at the Top’…….

Posted on February 13, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The burning of 214 Brooke Drive: Late on Sunday afternoon, the Borrowdale Brooke Security Gate spotted smoke rising, and dashed to our house… Bruce Douglas and Murray, Helen and Mike Lynton Edwards also spotted the smoke rising from our roof, … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls and Sunrises, Giant snails and rain at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Gonarezhou, in Zimbabwe….

Posted on February 4, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

The fabulous wet season at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Gonarezhou, in Zimbabwe…. What a season…we have not seen the vast floods that have engulfed parts of Britain recently, but in our African context, we have had fabulous rains, enough to … 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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Theatre Dinner at Chilo Gorge Lodge, hyena chorus and lion opera……

Posted on January 18, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

14th January: A return to Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge for meetings, good company and plans for the future, finds us all sitting on the wooden deck overlooking the wilderness of the Gonarezhou National Park opposite us, enjoying a dinner under … 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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Running in front of a cyclone, diamonds and raindrops…..

Posted on January 9, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

8th January: On our way back to Senuko, we drive into the dusk with flashing stabs of lightening that illuminate a huge cloud front in the East, somewhere over Mozambique. Seems like the front of weather from the cyclone in … 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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