Faith in Mata Mata restored: two separate cheetah sightings, one near Sitzas, the other, a pair, at 14th.
Also, a lot of jackal around.
The dune road was bone rattlingly badly corrugated for first and last 12kms of the 53km stretch. Once on the Nossob road (approx 60kms) the going was slightly, but only slightly, smoother. Mata Mata road is like a tar road in comparison. It was a very trying trip today. Besides the corrugation it was hot and dusy. (Remember, our aircon is foinked!)
Spent a quiet afternoon catching up on some lost sleep.
Patrick and Chantelle, our new neighbours, got engaged today, on her birthday.
Barney was calling repeatedly - his call could be likened to a gentler version of chalk scratching on a blackboard, a strange sound for an owl. He didn't seem to mind posing for his photo
Cold front coming in. Lion roaring constantly around us. We went to bed around 9:30ish and lay there listening to them for ages. Eventually, one of them came really close. We debated going down to waterhole but were too snug in bed. Found out in the morning that he lurked in the shadows and went under the hide so no one had a clear view.
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