Humpty The Hippo Passed Away

This is the saddest thing I heard today. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is mourning the loss of little Humpty, an orphan hippo saved December 2016, just before Christmas. Humpty was rescued after she became stuck in the mud, trapped in a fast drying pond in Lamu, Northern Kenya. In a world gone so very wrong, it…

Sacred Eyes

Sacred Eyes is an elephant story but really it’s for all animals. And for those who care enough “there’s a song in the night”. To mark the 40th anniversary of the world famous David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT), journalist Nicky Campbell OBE has teamed up with The DSWT to release ‘Sacred Eyes’. If there was…

Goodbye My Sweet Boy

The Last Conversation. My sweet boy, it’s been just over two months since you died. I still call for you, did you know that? Can you hear me? I keep forgetting you’re not here. I keep forgetting you’re deep in the earth surrounded by trees, that your little body will slowly melt away, no trace…

The Night Queen

Screwing on my tinfoil hat. Game of Thrones S07 is just around the corner and it’s time. Okay, so here’s the thing: lovely Liam Cunningham, better known as Ser Davos of House Seaworth [grand total of fighting men = one], recently said the following in reference to HBO’s teaser “The Long Walk”. The interview is…

The Other Side of Santorini

Everybody thinks Santorini comprises entirely of gleaming hotels, infinity pools and little white houses cascading down the Caldera cliffs. Well, it doesn’t. It’s full of dilapidated dwellings and forgotten pathways interspersed with unfinished, often illegal, building sites. When you move away from the pumping nightlife, trendy beach bars, quaint cafes and souvenir shops inundated by…

Humans Never Learn

For everything we do, and for everything done, there is a chain reaction. Imagine the tidal wave a ripple can cause when the action is global related. Shame we can’t live for a few hundred years – you would see it played out. If I drop a piece of litter. And another guy drops a…

Goldie The Chicken

Welcome to Goldie’s world. What do you do when a chicken prefers your bedroom to hers? Why, go with the flow of course and make her a comfy bed. Goldie’s no ordinary lady. She’s one of those chickens you want to cuddle. She lives with her sisters across the big pond in a far away…

Dragons Or Direwolves

The Lands of Ice and Fire are a perilous place. Staying alive till the end of the day can be a bit tricky. If you had the choice, which mythical creature would you want by your side? A bunch of cuddly pups aka the Furry Fang Brigade, or three scaly Eggs-On-Legs double decker flame throwers?…