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What to pack for 4 weeks in Africa?
Milas no room for you in the rucksack! Instead : 2 pairs trousers, 2 shorts, tees, knickers (black only), sunhat, beanie( cold nights), boots, Berkenstocks, waterproof jacket, mossie net, daysack, 3 waterbottles, gloves ( for wall building), pillow, microtowel, the smallest bag of toiletries known to man ( sneaked in an eye pencil and lippy),…
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UN15 – Life on land : Namibia
On 22nd September 23 I start a 4 week project working with EHRA, a Namibian registered non profit organisation. They work to conserve the last desert dwelling elephants. The remaining numbers of elephants in Africa as a whole are disputed, but the EHRA estimate that an elephant is killed every 15 minutes – namely to…
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What nettles to grasp now?
My next dream is to do some work in the field of Social Anthropology. With seemingly few links between this, and the fashion textile business that I have just left I need to go in to a period of re-education. Sitting alongside this is a plan to undertake a project on each of the 17…
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What’s in the name?
Those who know me know that this couldn’t possibly be a blog about gardening, which the name maybe conjures. Nevertheless, the story does start with a botanical theme. The origins of the phrase,’ grasp the nettle’ comes from the untested ( by me) theory that if you grasp the common stinging plant firmly it will…
