Well it rained all day on and off (mostly on though) so we played cards, had a lovely hot shower and prayed for the rain to be stopped by tomorrow morning!

25 April Well you guessed it we woke up to rain! So there was nothing for it, but to pack up in the rain as we were making our way across to Sabie, which is only around 50km away from the Kruger Gate. We got away and headed off across country driving mostly in rain. We arrived here at ‘Merry Pebbles’ our campsite to be told that someone had cancelled so there was a room available if we wanted it. We decided to take it and try and dry everything out. Last night the rain was so heavy and it leaked all over the tent. My side of the bed was drenched this morning and it would be great to have a dry night’s sleep. So we parked the trailer across the road and opened it all out to try and dry everything. We took all the bedding and mattresses into the room and also the carpet from the tent to the room to dry. We also did heaps of washing as they had dryers here which helped with the bedding. We had a lovely meal at the restaurant and a great DRY night’s sleep, because that’s right it rained again! Martin managed to break the jack on the trailer whilst backing the trailer into position which he was very angry about, but nevermind tomorrow is a working day so we will sort it out.

26 April Well today we set off to Nelspruit after breakfast to get the trailer jack fixed, to get some food and also Martin wanted some new pillows. We encountered a bike race along the way, God knows how many entrants there were, but we passed hundreds of them. Got to Nelspruit and did the food shopping, and then managed to find someone to do a bit of welding which will be fine for the next couple of weeks and finally Martin found some knew pillows. We got back to the campsite and fortunately there didn’t seem to be any rain today. Things are drying out nicely.

27 April Today Martin confirmed our stay at Ulusaba so that he can catch up with Trevor Savage, who is a guide he met about 4.5 years ago and we are going to stay for 4 nights. We have managed to be able to leave the trailer here at the campsite which will be great as it takes such a long time to drive in Sabi Sands with the trailer. We also managed to get everything dry and put all the mattresses and bedding back into the trailer and pack it all up – nice and clean and dry. We will come and stay here for 2 nights after getting out of Sabi Sands and then make our way into Kruger National Park before crossing into Mozambique at the Giriyondo border.

Well not sure if I will be able to get you updated whilst in Sabi Sands if not I will have heaps to tell you all when we get back here on Sunday and loads of wildlife pictures as well.

Hope you are all well. Thanks for the message Mum & Colin and nice to talk to you also. Take care and love and hugs to all xxx