TrailBooth – Letters from the Lowveld
Letters from the Lowveld – stories of the Booth Family's move from KZN to Kampersrus, Limpopo.
We may have moved to the Slowveld, but let me tell you, stuff has been HAPPENING. I met my new neighbour the other day. It was 7pm, and she was on her haunches, holding the non-pointy end of a python that was stuck in her fence. She seems nice (the neighbour, not the python). She…
Keeping nature out. I love nature better than most. I am comfortable with bugs. Moths – no problem. Spiders are ok if they don’t startle me and are reasonably small. I do hate mosquitoes, but only because they love me. But there is a limit. I recently I became distressed, though not surprised to find…
Buying a hamster in the Lowveld. Shortly after arriving in the Lowveld, both our boys’ birthdays were looming. Ben was quite satisfied to receive Transformers. However, I started to become aware that Charlie & Andrew had been in negotiations around a hamster. Apparently, an agreement had even been reached. Now you may remember that pets…
After Lauren’s letter two weeks ago I have realised I am not the funny one in the relationship, you’ll have to wait for her to write again (we will alternate and have agreed that roughly every two weeks one of us will produce the next “Letter”) to get the laugh. I’m going to be more…
Andrew’s letter described the bigger picture themes around our move. ‘Cos he is the big picture guy, while I’m the detail person in the partnership. So here are the gory details (you might want a cuppa tea for this one)… We were a magnificent sight, Booth’s Travelling Circus at its finest! Charlie & I travelled…
“Tomorrow will be exactly two months since we packed our belongings into 2 trailers and 3 cars and left the green and wet hills of KZN for the mountainside town of Kampersrus overlooking the Lowveld around Hoedspruit. We could already write essays about the experiences we have had, some fun and adventurous, others not so…