17.06 & 17.07 The Swartberge concludes...up and over as well as "Of Mice and Men", 'John Steenbok'
Morning has broken, light the first hour... Evening approaching, light the final hour...same picture as above, different days and time of day. What is it that makes the battle between a couple weighing of the order of 270lbs and a mouse (one lb) seem unfair? On the first night, actually it was at 1am, we heard a sound in the room. It seemed like someone was opening a wrapper of candy. Ah! Each spouse thought the other was snacking. Instead, an uninvited mouse entered the room and attacked the wrapper that had fallen from Jenni’s bag. We jumped out of bed and charged. The mouse darted behind a backpack. The game was on. With the door open to facilitate the hastily devised strategy, we chased the mouse from the hut. Well done, guys! Unfortunately, it returned and the scene replayed but this time we had to search in our backpack, expecting this hideous thing to leap at us. On the third occasion, we heard a scratching sound and discovered the rodent on our backpack. We k...