A Hot-diggity Dog Flutter!

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Lower Sabie - Tamboti

12/04/2016


After my illness of the previous night I had woken up feeling totally fine, but during the course of the morning I started getting stomach cramps which were getting worse and worse. I had taken some painkillers earlier on but they didn't seem to work, so I switched places with the Brat so I could lie down on the back seat! 0*\ At Mazithi I picked myself up long enough to get some pics of lots of buffs chilling in the water. ;-)

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After Kumana, which also had lots of water \O , the Brat and Mommo decided to cut across on the S125 N'waswitsontso Road to get to Tamboti instead of going all the way up to Satara. I was still snoozing/writhing in pain but soon after turning onto the road I was once again roused by excited chatter from the front...more lions. :-0

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There were six lionesses squeezed into the shade of this tree, and then we noticed some cubs lying in a muddy patch. One by one, they came towards us so settle behind a clump of bushes. We counted 6 cubs. Thankfully, I was also starting to feel a bit better. :yes:

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A large male then came out of the bushes only to disappear again.

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We could see a lot of movement in the bushes where the cubs had gone and soon another lioness appeared from behind the bushes and settled down in front.

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We had been with the lions for quite long so decided to rather take the quicker route towards Satara and then take the H7. Just after pulling away someone stopped us to show us where the male lion had settled in the shade, with another male! So we had seen 15 lions there! O:V

Back on the H1-3, at the Sweni Bridge, a few cars were stopped and we saw a male lion cross the road and disappear into the bush. O:V

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The H7 was very quiet, as it always is for us :O^ , and check in at Orpen was quick and easy...but the cramps had started again! 0*\


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what a lot of Lions.... ^Q^
and cramps 0*\

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Some great sightings you had on the way up to Tamboti ^Q^ ^Q^

The lions with cubs is my favourite O:V
Flutterby wrote:The H7 was very quiet, as it always is for us :O^
Yip we feel the same about that road =O: =O:


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A lot of lions :shock: \O

And too many cramps - It hurts O-/


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Yeah cramps can be horrible but at least you didn't need the toilet every 5 minutes :-0


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Just caught up with your TT Flutterby :o0ps: :o0ps:

Some really great pics from you and the Brat ^Q^ ^Q^

Very pretty python in the tree. Plenty of great lions sightings \O

Also lots of nice birds \O

Hope the cramps disappeared quickly - nothing worse than feeling rough in the Park!!


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Ai, Flutts! Tummy viruses getting more common in SA every year, IMO? 0*\

But only a couple of days or so? O0 O0 O0

Lions galore, and good pics again! 0()


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Lions and more lions the cubs look well fed \O \O ^Q^

Hope the cramps get better soon O**


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nan wrote:what a lot of Lions.... ^Q^
and cramps 0*\

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
Lions good :yes: , cramps bad! :no:
PJL wrote:Some great sightings you had on the way up to Tamboti ^Q^ ^Q^

The lions with cubs is my favourite O:V
Flutterby wrote:The H7 was very quiet, as it always is for us :O^
Yip we feel the same about that road =O: =O:
Thanks PJL. \O Finally someone who agrees with me about the H7! lol Everyone raves about that road, and we've only had one good sighting on it! O**
Lisbeth wrote:A lot of lions :shock: \O

And too many cramps - It hurts O-/
It was a good morning for lions. :yes: Yes, too many cramps. 0*\
Alf wrote:Yeah cramps can be horrible but at least you didn't need the toilet every 5 minutes :-0
I should be thankful for small mercies. lol


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pooky wrote:Just caught up with your TT Flutterby :o0ps: :o0ps:

Some really great pics from you and the Brat ^Q^ ^Q^

Very pretty python in the tree. Plenty of great lions sightings \O

Also lots of nice birds \O

Hope the cramps disappeared quickly - nothing worse than feeling rough in the Park!!
Nice to have you here pooky. 0/* Sightings were going well. :yes: I always dread feeling sick when I'm away. :no:
Richprins wrote:Ai, Flutts! Tummy viruses getting more common in SA every year, IMO? 0*\

But only a couple of days or so? O0 O0 O0

Lions galore, and good pics again! 0()
Don't know what caused the cramps but thankfully they soon disappeared. \O Lots of lions. :yes:
RogerFraser wrote:Lions and more lions the cubs look well fed \O \O ^Q^

Hope the cramps get better soon O**
The cubs were rather chubby. lol Felt better that night. \O


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