2nd Talamati continued
We stopped at Lower Sabie for the loo and it was a mad house with no parking available, etc so we ducked quickly.
Around halfway to Nkuhlu mating lions appeared in the bush next to the road, but there was already a gang of cars, so we didn’t bother about waiting for a good position for pics and just snapped away from where we were before moving on.
Next up were some GHB’s cruising around, a leopard kill in a tree but no leopard parking off, a lioness snoozing and then a kite trying to nail something in the road.
Some more lion were hiding out close to the H12 Bridge but again there was a gang of cars so we snapped a blurred proof pic and carried on to the S36.
The S36 surprisingly had no corrugations, but just past an empty Manzimhlophe/Jones Dam we came across 2 graders on the side of the road, so they obviously were still getting to the rest of the road.
The western side of the road in this upper southern section must have also had plenty rain as sections of the road were still wet and there were large puddles all over the place.
The grass was also green, so there must have been some good rain previously. This resulted in plenty general game all over the place, which was nice to see.
We stopped for a tortoise, another Korhaan and then Cow shouted “Sable!” which got me excited, but unfortunately it was a lone male who refused to come out the bush into the open, so the Prego rolls won and we ducked towards Nhlanguleni picnic site.
We arrived at the picnic site at around 1pm and we were the only people there which must have been because of the bad weather, so I did a long parking story with the Cow directing so that we could get a barrier from the wind and soon the skottel was going.
After a long peaceful break at Nhlanguleni we hit the S36 towards our R2500 per night construction site at about 3pm stopping only once for a duiker pic as they rarely hang around like this Mohawk one was.
We arrived in camp at around 4pm and I immediately started an early fire as I just wanted to “get things over with”, sleep and get as far away from the rowdy generator as possible. The rats kept checking the hide out and eventually the 1st and only animal arrived and seemed to have an itch which provided some amusement.
A large thunder storm moved in after dark, so the hide missions became difficult, besides being a waste of time as there was no light, so we all crashed early.
To be continued
Ja, moving fast with this as new projects start next week 
Using a mix of my old 550 and the SX50 but both are very tired now 
Also for the hint where to find the DeLaPorte Leopard - Will look out for her in February
I'm getting better at this bird thing 
