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For nearly 200 years hunters have been making the pilgrimage to Africa in pursuit of plains game. As cheap flights have accordioned the globe into a compact number of hours in the air, sport that was once the preserve of the adventurer, the diplomat and the colonial bon viveur has become more accessible. Whether your [...]
Guinea fowl, and geese, and doves! Oh, my! There is more to South Africa than plains game. Going on safari to South Africa once meant weeks of travel just to get there, and time spent pursuing big game with even bigger rifles. Today its possible to catch a flight from London and be ensconced under [...]
As anyone who has been following my musings in these pages will know, I rounded up the guinea pigs and took them to South Africa last spring. So as not to overindulge you with the riches of South Africa, I’ve been drip feeding the exploits over the months since May. Having already expounded on the [...]
Each year, I collect a team of guinea pigs who put aside common sense, regular mealtimes and British tea in favour of adventure in more or less civilised corners of the globe. This year, we got our shots and headed for South Africa in pursuit of a heady mixture of bird shooting, plains game stalking and fishing.
Subtitle: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Over the seasons many of you have commented on the patience…okay, sainthood, of No.2. The following is only bound to confirm this view of her. Three springs ago, I packed my bags and took a client to Kaytor Peaks on the south island of New [...]
