Monthly Archives: September 2013

House of Ants

Posted on September 28, 2013 by peterjearle

When your Land Rover is in bits with the local back-yard mechanic in Inhaminga, Mozambique after a head-on collision with a fully loaded timber truck, your illegal pistol is in the hands of the police and the timber company blames … Continue reading →

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Head On

Posted on September 21, 2013 by peterjearle

A few weeks later, Jack, my friend and foreman, Shakwe, my dog, and I were travelling one of the tracks in the area east of Inhaminga on a Saturday morning. It was sandy and narrow, winding through thick semi-deciduous Millettia … Continue reading →

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The Lion’s Share

Posted on September 14, 2013 by peterjearle

Not long after the survey of the Zambezi delta by helicopter, during which my wife, Greet, stayed with Ann Merryweather in Mutarara while I was away, she flew back to South Africa in the AOC company Dakota. There was a … Continue reading →

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Helicopter Recce

Posted on September 8, 2013 by peterjearle

Frank Merryweather, my foreman, Jack, and I, based ourselves in Marromeu, the village on the south bank of the Zambezi, near its delta to the Indian Ocean. It was the hub of the surrounding Sena Sugar Estate, which lay in … Continue reading →

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