John set out to persuade the duck to move on - man versus duck! Clearly the duck had the high ground and, no doubt, had been encouraged to move along before, without success. John flapping his arms had not the slightest effect, and a bottle of water thrown at it similarly had no effect. In the end, a large golf umbrella flapped at it persuaded the duck to move on, not without scars to John from the umbrella! John is therefore happy that he won the battle of duck ridge, but there is still a plaster on his finger.
In addition to the baboons, which we saw on our first day, we have geese that live in the pond at the end of our garden. They also go out around the chalets and we watched, with amusement, the antics of a column of geese determined to head in a particular direction versus a couple of children in another chalet, playing football and chasing the geese away.
Eventually, the geese won and we saw then when reached their chosen destination
where a deer was perched on the fence
We also watched the antics of Guinea fowl which run around the hotel site. The females seem willing to fly when required, but the male runs up and down the fence trying to find a way through a wire mesh.
There are some interesting birds around including the masked weaver.
We spent the morning shopping and seeing sites in the area known to Georgina and Michael from other trips. They will be here again in a few weeks in a timeshare overlooking a golf course.
In the afternoon, we went out for a walk in the mountains above our hotel and these are some of the scenes.
These ferns are many hundreds of years old and are protected
We spent the evening on the terrace chatting and watching the wildlife.
Pat and John on tour