KeithsMadMusings

Off to india

kpattenden — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:04:19 +0000

well off to india on the next holiday on a tiger safari…. http://www.exodus.co.uk/holidays/aiw/overview need new camera body…. seeing as tigers like the dark secluded forest environments I think a Canon 5d is in order due to its good high ISO / low noise capabilities… that’s also a requirement for my astronomy & northern lights greenland trip in september…..

I have to justify these things somehow!

The best of the latest games

kpattenden — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:46:23 +0000

Ok my mailbox has been busy in the last few weeks. Games delivered include

forza4
f1 2011
battlefield 3
batman
skyrim
halo anniversary

I think the best so far is Skyrim. Followed by batman.
Disappointed with froze and battlefield 3

Holidays 2012

kpattenden — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:25:12 +0000

My holidays for next year are now booked.

Jan Skiing in mayrhofen Austria
June. Photography safari in Kenya
July. Formula 1 – Silverstone
September. Greenland and northern lights
December. Christmas.

Two weeks of vacation days left

Life in HD

kpattenden — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:55:19 +0000

yo and behold…

HD TV in my house. After spending years watching SD TV on my 1080p Bravia, I finally found a way around the SKY HD “pack” £10 a month stich up. turns out if I upgrade to their 20 mb boradband package for £7.50 a month I save £14 a month from my old broadband provider…. so long force9 14 years of good service counts for nothing…so I’m £6.50 a month up….

Life in the nelson

kpattenden — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:06:17 +0000

A typical Friday night in the nelson

back to Maun

kpattenden — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:14:00 +0000

arrived back in Maun to be greeted by a massive afternoon thunderstorm, then took off in it in a Cessna for a bit of sightseeing….. off home tomorrow

moremi…. that’s more like it

kpattenden — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:11:14 +0000

Wild dogs are cool, ran into a pack of 12 !!!!! so’s a herd of 80 + elephants!

had a couple of visitors to the camp overnight a lion and an hyena, stayed in my tent

Savuti… a bit of a disappointment

kpattenden — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:09:36 +0000

what can I say abut Savuti, don’t go in the wet season! nothing to do with getting around, the 4x4s cope with that, it that the animals have load of ponds to drink from and so are scattered around. in the dry season they’re forced to drink from the river, that then attracts the predators…..

Chobe & Savute

kpattenden — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:56:00 +0000

Elephants, Elephants, Elephants, plus a couple of crocs, a family of mongoose’s, warthogs and two lionesses.

spent morning touring the chobe national park from the land side on the way saw a couple of lionesses siting in the shady side of the tree, trouble was the shady part was the road, got some good photos today. then headed down the savute river and setup bush camp in the rain, went on another game drive and saw some more elephants, giraffe, impala and loads of birds.

back to Botswana and Chobe River

kpattenden — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:51:00 +0000

Packup early again off to the ferry crossing, got through t the second attempt… and head back to Kasane and setup camp at the thebe campsite.. quick lunch and off to the river trip.

Elephants
Hippos
Crocs
Fish Eagle
Pied kingfisher
water bucks
Ibis
baboons