It’s Monday 17th September 2007 and the SIS lesson There is a new magazine called Travel Zambia which I had a hand in starting. Well it was my idea and after four years of being an idea it is now […]

  It’s Monday 24th December 2007 and the winner is … Many of our guests take such great photographs, of which we usually only see a handful. In a very selfish attempt to sneak a peak at all your photos […]

It’s Monday 24th September 2007 and the determined dog This week I am going to give you bits and pieces. I have saved snippets during the week but if a bigger story comes up and they do not get to […]

It’s Monday 1st October 2007 and the funny season Kerrie popped down from Tena Tena with some wonderful stories, so I asked her to put them down for you. All is well in the bush – as we tip into […]

It’s Monday 8th October 2007 and the recces Well again – a few stories to tell you….. Firstly the baby bushbuck. I was having a busy morning with many disturbances and I was trying to complete a project. There was […]

It’s Monday 15th October 2007 and the Chief’s Ceremony This week is the middle of October and the bush is dry, the river low and the once flooding Luangwa has slowed down less than a walking pace. The game is […]

It’s Monday 22nd October 2007 and Beej’s Highlights Starting with Beej’s Season Highlights: Greetings all, yes it is Monday and I am going to pin you to your computer screens for a couple of minutes with tales of life, death […]

It’s Monday 29th October 2007 and the Bush Babes Well the season has started to change. Robin always tells us about how the new and full moon bring on change of weather. After twenty years of hearing this, and trust […]

It’s Monday 12th November 2007 and Nsefu closes with a bang! Nsefu closed with quite a bang this year … of the leopard variety … the last guests to stay seemed to see more leopard than they did giraffe or […]

It’s Monday 19th November 2007 and the dog days … This week we’re going to join the African Wild Dog Conservation Team (AWDC) during their research on this rare carnivore (the second most endangered with only 3000-5000 left in the […]

It’s Monday 26th November 2007 and the RPS Guides’ Safari Robin and I are back from our annual migration to the UK. Three weeks of lovely autumnal weather. As the end of the dry season has now come and gone […]

It’s Monday 3rd December 2007 and let’s go to the village … Jo and Robin left on Saturday for a week on the Kenyan coast, celebrating a friend’s big birthday – lucky ducks!! So I’m back on board the It’s […]

It’s Monday 10th December 2007 and the big bat diaries Last week we had our Special Bat Safari, led by Rocky Simachila – this is an annual safari to watch the bats that congregate around Kasanka National Park by the […]

It’s Monday 17th December 2007 and the hippo operation For a while we had a lovely hippo couple using our lagoon just by the dining room, with one often sporting a ‘veil’ of nile cabbage (they were getting married after […]

It’s Monday 10th September 2007 and the plot unfolds Last week we said goodbye to Barbara and Frank – who at 85 have decided they should hang up their safari boots after 34 safaris, the last 12 being with RPS. […]

It’s Monday 1st Jan 2007 and Happy New Year A Happy New Year to you all. If it is anything like ours there are a lot of people wandering around with sore heads and sunglasses on (and it is a […]

It’s Monday 29th Jan 2007 and Nkwali Becomes an Island So, after the week of high waters, we did as expected, get cut off for a day. But of course this depends on what you are driving. Naturally all the […]

It’s Monday 5th Feb 2007 and the flood Well what a week. I hardly know where to start so I am going to start at the beginning. I have used a lot of photos this week as it is a […]

It’s Monday 25th June 2007 and dispatches from the bush This week we have dispaches from our camps.  Jen is the mobile caterer, Patti and Jim have just stayed with us at Tena Tena, and Celia was with us at […]

It’s Monday 9th July 2007 and the python scores Robin had a real treat this week. He was invited onto a day safari to Bangweulu Swamps followed by a quick afternoon tea at Shiwa… by two helicopters no less. However, […]

It’s Monday 23rd July 2007 and we were having dinner Before I tell you about all the news I have to say that I have just spent the last hour trying to marry cameras, cords, photos cards for the stories, […]

It’s Monday 30th July 2007 and the lions do growl This week we have news kindly sent from Steve and Sherry from OZ. On the Walking Mobile Safari they had the most amazing morning. Over to Steve… “0520 and the […]

It’s Monday 6th August 2007 and Dr Death arrives August has arrived, can you believe it, and there has been a definite shift of season. The mornings are not so cold, the skies are going hazy with dust and smoke, […]

It’s Monday 20th August 2007 and the Medals Robin and I planned to visit Tena Tena and Nsefu – firstly for Robin to say goodbye to the guests he had taken on the Walking Mobile Safari and secondly we had […]

It’s Monday 28th May 2007 and a Night with the Devil Back from Indaba and to my lovely home. Indaba is an annual trade show in South Africa and this was my 19th show. It is a very busy week […]

It’s Monday 12th Feb 2007 and Operation Clean Up ”Week Two of the Flood” and we are almost back to where we were the day I took the reservations team out to Lusaka. Well in river height. However the landscape […]

It’s Monday 26th Feb 2007 and the Garden of Eden So, this weekend I managed to fly up to Nkwali and have a few nights at home. I have never particularly been a “domesticated” person and those who know me […]

It’s Monday 5th Mar 2007 and the Pope’s Sunday I have to admit that I am cheating here. In fact, I am on the way to Berlin as you read this (trade fair – not a holiday alone!) but I […]

It’s Monday 26th March 2007 and the lucky Canadians  Bruce and Brenda arrived on Thursday – fresh from Canada. They had never been to Africa and we were the first stop. Their agents had told them that this was the […]

It’s Monday 9th April 2007 and a Happy Easter Easter Monday and I am sure you are enjoying the holiday season. We have been very busy over Easter, as always, and I have had the Little Family visiting me again. […]

It’s Monday 16th April 2007 and my hero Well today you are getting two stories. I have been in town for a few days doing my annual “shop till I drop” routine, which I do rather well. Some 1000 meters […]

It’s Monday 30th April 2007 and the busy bees A busy week indeed. Last Tuesday Robin was re-opening some of our roads behind camp with Max and Jonathan. Leading the way with Max following behind in the tractor they found […]

It’s Monday 7th May 2007 and the gathering of the clans There was a gathering of the clans this week to celebrate the marriage of Ed and Claire. What an amazing celebration, a week long with friends and family from […]