Cold, rainy, windy....Sunny?? Scotland

Faerie Dells-Isle of Skye

Wonderful weather



Golf...being played...on a golf course...in St Andrews...Really????






So I have been in Scotland for the past two weeks, having a nice quiet break, doing a some sightseeing, and experiencing the varying weather they get. It has been a shocking couple of weeks, heavy rain, floods, crap weather, but surprisingly some sunshine thrown in. (Blink and you will miss it though!)

I have spent most of my time in and around Dundee, seeing some castles, ruins, St Andrews (and yes there is a golf course there!), Stirling (learnt about William Wallace, apparently it is bad if you havent heard of him!). I then went up to the highlands on a 3 day tour to the Isle of Skye. A lovely place, when you could see it through the rain and cloud, it must be amazing during the sunny times.

Back in Dundee again planning a trip up to Inverness before heading over to Germany for a couple of weeks.

Some video

Back to civilization

Vulture


Tulia


Our wonderful showers


Chris and I on our aborted sleepout


Jackie and Boloka


Jackal


Elephant


Eagle


Jackie, Boloka and Tulia


Cheetahs feeding


Carla and Mabela


Brown Hyena


Aardvark



I have returned to civilization with a bit of a shock. From 40 degrees to about 10 degrees in 12 hours, bright sunshine to rain and windy absolutely no-one around to the middle of London-quite a culture shock.

I abslotely loved Tuli, a true untouched environment, full of wildlife which is truelly wild, and not used to humans so to see anything was amazing. Back in London, I visited the Tower of London, the Science Museum and spend an afternoon exploring Greenwich, visiting the observatory and a fan museum. I then caught a midnight bus up to Scotland where I am staying with a friend from Africa.

Still at Tuli

So I am still alive-loving it up in the bush. Am currently in town to renew my visa (Botswana only gives you 30 days at a time). Have had an amazing two weeks of interesting and unusual sightings-so lucky. Started with Bushpigs (not common in the area), then Bat Eared Foxes (very shy), and a Leopard that night (OMG!!!!) Then we saw Honey Badgers (rare to see), and more Bushpigs then Bat Eared Foxes during the day (normally nocturnal animals). We then saw an Aardwolf (first on this property, rarer than Leopards) and a couple of days later an Aardvark (my second for the holiday, very lucky). We then saw Bushpigs again, a herd of over 90 elephants Cheetahs on a fresh kill. To see any animals is amazing as the area is so remote, large, and the animals arent used to humans or cars, so just run away when they hear or smell us (unlike in game reserves like Kruger where they are used to humans).

Will post more when there is time, and I am back in the UK, as well as photos I promise!!!!