Thoroughly delightful little creatures having an awfully hard time… In some parts, October is known as ‘suicide month’. It’s about the constantly rising temperatures, the lack of rains, the winds,…
Monaco – playground of the elite… This week’s newsletter is partly a “movie review” and partly an introduction to a very specific segment of motor racing. Following on from our…
Sundays can be grand – filled with adventure, too much sun, loads of delicious grub and ending with that feeling that you need another day of weekend to recover. Other…
As a field guide, you tend to notice EVERYTHING. That’s partly because of your love of the wilderness in its entirety, and partly because there aren’t always lion, rhino and…
How to make a paper aeroplane… South Africa’s approximately 1.2 million hectares of timber plantations produce between 15 and 18 million tons of timber every year. There are eleven forestry…
Cross Country Insurance Consultants have always been about travel. Our motto “Take us with you” says it all. Whilst we are quintessentially Insurance Consultants, deep in our roots, in our…
MONA COTTAGE When taking groups to Pilgrim’s Rest, I have traditionally stayed at the evergreen Royal Hotel, as it is always simpler to have everyone together. On our recent jaunt…
Panning for gold in a stream… The air is cool, and the stream even colder. The world is quiet, the only sounds are the bubbling of the water and the…
When people discuss “The Drakensberg”, most of us think about a very specific area in Natal. However, in truth, the Drakensberg escarpment stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, from the…
When one googles “when were humans first buried”, you generally come up with the information that the oldest known burials occurred some 130,000 years ago. Burying the dead is considered…
Different worms and different silk colours (note that the worms are not next to the colours they spin though). So today we bring you the first of our stories from…
Ultimately, it’s about building a sustainable future on this beautiful planet we call home… Well, we’ve explored electric cars, and solar cars (which are a form of electric cars), and…