Forests and wildlife, gardens, mountains, rivers and the sea: encounters with the living world, taken from Wayne’s diaries.
5 diaries · Nature Diaries
23 June 2024
Kosovo. Spending time at our Koshutan Mountain Cabin, with its spectacular views and surround-sound bird song. The wild flowers in the mountains – and on…
Mountains, Rivers & Landscapes
28 July 2016
Albania: The Great Highlands. I am in a cosy 3-bed room, looking out on a gathering mist over pine-forested slopes. We are in a wooden…
Mountains, Rivers & Landscapes
23 July 2016
Kosovo: Rugova. I have woken to a breathtaking vista of pine forest covered mountains. A cock is crowing and a cow bell is clanging. We…
Mountains, Rivers & Landscapes
10 April 2015
Kosovo: Accursed Mountains. Yesterday, we took a drive through the spectacular gorge of the Accursed mountains of Peja. It truly is scenery to fall in…
Mountains, Rivers & Landscapes
29 September 1996
South Africa: The Karoo. Our drive back to Cape Town from Joburg was pleasant and somewhat like crossing the threshold to arriving back home. The…
Mountains, Rivers & Landscapes