Hayestack

To reach Henties Bay we had to cross the Namib Desert. This is reputed to be one of the oldest in the world and I hoped our little Sirion car was tough enough to bounce its way across. This was no place to get marooned. As we approached the Atlantic coast the sky became overcast [...]

 
On the way home from the shops Nigel spotted a grey chameleon crossing the tar road.I thought he was also going to be run over but managed to scoop him up into a Shoprite bag. Back at home I placed him on the barbecue and introduced him to my Beanie chameleon, Rainbow. He [...]

                                                                                         
When I feel the touch of your hand upon my life,
It causes me to sing this song that I love you Lord.
So from deep within my spirit singeth unto you
You are my King, you are my God & I love you Lord.
I had a ‘lucky’ escape on Friday when I was run over by a [...]

                                                                    
We stayed in Rundu for the next few days to catch our breath before heading south to the Etosha National Park and the coast. This gave us a chance to chill out, and for Sally to visit Georgina’s school and meet the learners. On our way to Etosha we camped overnight at Treesleepers where [...]

                                  
I am told that Katima is the only place, or at least, one of the few, in the world where four countries meet, viz. Namibia, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. We hopped over the Botswana border to the Chobe National Park.
In fact, “hopped” was nearly literally true. To keep out foot and mouth disease and [...]

Though Sally had stated that she had come to see us and not Namibia, our first expedition took us eastward towards Katima, Zambia and the Victoria Falls. We stopped overnight at the campsite at Nunda, a favourite of ours that overlooked the Kavango River and where we had heard the grunts of carousing hippos at [...]

Sally suddenly burst through the Arrival doors at Windhoek Airport and we through our arms around her. It was great to be with one of our children again and reminded us how much we had missed them after eleven months away. We picked up the hire car and set off for the City. Windhoek is [...]

The holidays have arrived because Sally has come to visit and we are going to see every thing which is worth seeing in Namibia, even Victoria Falls (which is actually in Zambia/Zimbabwe).

The thrill of welcoming a new addition to the family is always a precious experience as it only rarely happens. Welcome to Poppy Emilia, so longed for and so loved. She is the prettiest baby in the world and already has more hair than her daddy. Being woken at 2.30 in the [...]

  Sheena, Georgina, me, the wall and the rockery.
The sudden and unexpected nature of the encounter made it quite shocking. It happened like this. We had had a wonderful night at the luxurious lodge at Ghaub saying goodbye to Addy and Barbara who were returning to the north of England after a three and three [...]