They said, “You must be mad,” or “You are bonkers”! They said “You want to buy a caravan, and in a month’s time you’ll be eighty… You can’t even bend down to tie your shoelaces; how are you going to set up the van and put up awnings, etc.?”
Twenty-odd years ago, we went on a number of safaris to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. We had a rooftop tent on our Pajero. The fantastic memories of bush camping (sometimes not in a park, but just off the road) and in Moremi, Savute, Caprivi Strip, Etosha, and many more – just won’t go away.
Then, with bringing up a family, golfing, fishing, buying a home, fixing the home and all the other thieves of time, the years just slip away.…
