So the Donkey Damage is fully repaired; the bakkie is immaculate. Now insurance wants a full 100-point check. O boy. The bliksems find a dozen things wrong due to Old Age, not donkey-related. Unfair to put an 18yr-old Ford through such stress! They found things equivalent to our hip n knee replacements n stuff. Bushes, rubber dust seals, etc. Reminded me of the Miss Universal Joints pageant. So we soldier on, still repairing the Truck with a Tent 77days after The Curious Incident With The Donkey in Broad Daylight.
Time to escape again. This time Olifants camp in central Kruger park. Ten km in from Phalaborwa gate this elegant lady calmly walked past us. She was relaxed but alert to anything in the long grass that she might catch and eat.
… to be contd …