Thanks everyone for your patience, we’ve been away for the weekend
A Flat lion and a broken tent
We went up as far as Kij Kij, and then turned around. Our plan was to head down to Twee Rivieren to top up with ice and more importantly, petrol before the petrol pumps stopped working.
We didn’t want to run short, although I had 40l standby in Gerry cans with us, as we were travelling to Polentswa the next day, and if Nossob also had a problem, so did we.
Our only sighting of note on the way down was of these tortoises having an almighty fight.
The larger one was trying desperately to drown the smaller tortoise in the puddle of water on the side of the road
Once back in Twee Rivieren, we managed to get 20l of petrol , and after purchasing some supplies we were off again.
This time we went up the Auob with the plan of having some lunch at Aucherlonie and then to return to Rooiputs via Kij Kij
At Houmoed, a very flat lion was fast asleep in the shade on the far side of the riverbed.
Our lunchtime break at Auchterlonie was great
Our trip over the Dune road on our way home proved pleasant, with very few animal sightings
After Kij Kij we spotted this Martial eagle, which broke the monotony for a while
It was mid afternoon by the time we got back to camp at Rooiputs to find that unbeknown to us, one of our tent pole had snapped, probably during the previous night’s storm. During the day, the pole had pierced the tent and the tent was half down.
Luckily we had a spare pole, so we spent the rest of the day repairing the tent, and started packing up our campsite in preparation of our move to Polentswa the next day.
We had an early braai and were in bed by 8.30
That night a mother of a storm hit the Kgalagadi at about 3.30am
Interesting... and very clever at the same time 
