1 day to go...

Okey dokey, so this time tomorrow I shall be on my way to Tiverton to catch the train which will get me into Paddington. From there I shall catch the Heathrow Express to the airport where I shall get on the plane to Paris where I shall wait for 3 hours before catching the flight to Johannesburg. On arrival there I shall meet a man called Quentin who will drive me to the farm... that's going to take a little while I think...

SO! LET THE JOURNEY COMMENCE!!! 

3 days to go...

Good evening!

I know that theres not much happening on here right now, but rest assured in 3 days my journey shall commence which means on Monday at 11am I shall step off the plane and will be just a drive away from the farm at which point I will take lots of pictures and get them posted on here...exciting times. I can confirm that there are baby striped hyena and black jaguar at the moment and I am certain these will make for some pretty sassy photo opportunities...Until then I have decided to cheat and have included some pictures from the wonderful world of Google... :)  Hope you like...

Ciao for now my blogging followers...ciao for now!

5 days to go...

HELLO!!!

I've just had news from my African Swallow friends, seems there is a heat wave in Johannesburg at the moment with the temperature being 35 degrees. That means it is 38 degrees on the farm! Wowza! That's a lot of heat, I'm going to need more sun cream than originally anticipated...You can never be too careful, I got burnt once on holiday in Zanzibar and I looked like a strawberry lollipop for days! 

7 days to go...

Sooooo... there's a week to go, times a ticking and I think...I THINK i'm almost organised!
I've spent this morning having a good clean up of my abode, I do find it easier to concentrate after a de-clutter. Got a large bin liner of stuff ready to go to the charity shop and am happy to have come across a few things which I hadn't seen for a while! What makes me most happy is that I've found my penguin t-short which I thought was long gone! Ill be taking that with me on me travels to the kingdom that's for sure, get the old Lions confused, I'm quite positive they wouldn't have seen a penguin before! HA!

Got some combats, t-shirts a few pairs of shorts, a hat, sun cream, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and some socks and pants so SORTED! Ill get the camera charged and give my boots a little clean and I'm all good to go...just have to wait for next Sunday to come along

...waiting...waiting...still waiting, OK, I think I might watch a mooooovie! Kill some time! :)

Enjoy your Sunday avo peeps. x

10 days to go...

Hello there everyone!

With 10 days to go until I commence my journey to The Kingdom of the White Lion I figured this would be a good time to set up my blog! I am a blog virgin so I'm very much looking forward to all the blogging!  

I think it would be an understatement to say what a huge animal lover I am and the excitement that I am feeling is quite difficult to put down in words. It is a privilege and an honor to be joining the staff at the kingdom in the North West Province of South Africa in just over a week. Kevin Richardson and his team have been doing work with Lions, Hyena, Leopards, Jaguars and a variety of other animal species. The conservation work that goes on is vast and it is wonderful to see how the animals, land and people work together. Please do visit the webisite so you can see what I am jabbering on about! www.lionwhisperer.co.za. 

The farm and many animals require maintenance, care and management which is where I hope to fit in along with the other volunteers of whom I shall meet when I get there. I will do whatever I am asked and am prepared for some long, sweaty and dare I say it...filthy days! I am not particularly looking forward to the food prep...but hey, who knows, under the beating sun in a foreign land...and a hungry pack of big kitty's who knows what I am capable of! :)

For now, I am trying to get organised. Luckily I have all my jabs including Yellow Fever which is a biggy when entering Africa and as I will be there for less than 90 days I am covered on the Visa front...its sun cream, appropriate clothing and a new hat for me! The rest I will have to make up as I go along. Please join me on this journey, I shall be updating this blog as much as I can along with updates, photos and stories.I am hoping this trip will be good for my mind, body and soul, but most importantly I am looking to work for something that will help conserve and take care of some of the natural beauties of this world.

Until then fellow bloggers...ROOOOAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!

PS My little lion TrevCat is eager to see some of his bigger family members too!