Hi a very very quick one as I fly out to South Africa this evening. Thank you for the messages and hopefully you'll find some photos on this now- there's quite a few but it should give a bit of an idea of what I've been upto. Anyway the next 10 weeks I'll be in Limpopo Province South Africa on two reserves carrying out predator research. Really looking forward to it and the week of training at the start. Not sure that I'll get to an internet very often but keep...

I know that the picture doesn't quite correspond with Terminal 2 at Heathrow but it was the best I could do at the moment. My first blog- oh how technically minded I feel at the moment!? Actually I've got a few hours to waist before getting on the first flight Santaigo via Madrid... I'm getting very excited now but can someone please remind me in future not to move house and leave the country all in a short space of time- it was very stressful and the "holid...