Briefly Blantyre
In Malawi, I've found that everything takes a little longer than I expect, and also that a lot of time is spent waiting. For people,...
Cats and dogs and precipices
Hello all! You will (I hope) be pleased to hear that I am safely back in the land of WiFi, and able to blog at last. The bad news is I...
The Day Off
In amongst all the hectic travel and laborious research, I managed to find a Day Off last week. Luckily, it was a beautiful one, and I...
Notes from 'the warm heart of Africa'
Sitting here in the elusive wifi cafe in Mzuzu, Malawi, I can't think where to start. My plan of regular, if not quite daily, posts...
"A perfect Puritan"
Had fun today with the Lovedale school record books. They turned out not to be very relevant, but were very distracting. Poor plodding,...
Gibbons are the new deer
Living in north-west Scotland, I'm very used to the dangers of deer on the roads. Here, it's gibbons. Coming round a corner to find a...
Elephant Park
Today is the day that I didn't go to the elephant park. Specifically, the park I didn't visit was Addo Elephant National Park between...
Mr Sexy & other tales
"Martin Dowery: Sexy." If only we could all sign our names so confidently ... Aside from the chuckle this little gem elicited (and yes, I...
Cape Culture
This is Table Mountain. Snapped mainly for the benefit of Silas and Caleb, to compare and contrast with the Go Jetters version. I...
Miracle on Dorp Street
Archival research. Frustrating, demoralising, arduous, with just the odd moment of discovery to make it all worthwhile. Seemingly, this...
