Vicky Wes RESET

What work for electronics, also work and is actually needed for us humans too. Yes, now and again, we all need a hard reset: unplugging completely from the daily world and it's relentless routine.

Its hunting trip time again for me and close friend Ruhan !

Our meet up point changed a little this year from Uniondale to Willowmore.

Ruhan and his wife stayed over at a guesthouse the previous night. Before departure, we went for breakfast at a nice coffee shop in Willowmore, called KAPOET

Also found a pair of Mohair socks in Kapoet that might come in handy for the predicted cold weather forecasted.

The drive there is, as always, an event on its own. 

Ice-coffee stop 😉

Proper Braai stop 🔥

BEST braai broodjie ever !!

(Only just manage to get photo evidence of it before it disapeared 🤣)

Because of the cold and windy weather predicted, we opted for the "stoep" of the farm house to set up camp. It's like "best of both worlds", a bit outdoors, but with some indoor facilities at hand.

Each year when we walk into the "veld" for that first time, I have the same thought: Will we, and WHERE will we find springbuck to even have a shot at? The area is vast open plains, and you can literally look into silly far off distances of nothingness. 

Then we just start walking, one foot in front of the other, using the wind direction in our favor to stalk pray we can't even see . . . . yet. 

But each year we suffice . . . . 

We stalk on foot, we crawl if need be, we take our time, we make tripple sure of distance and wind . . . .

It's calculated, it's patient, it's presice, it's clean, it's instant and humane.