Jock of the Bushveld by J. Percy FitzPatrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars The great South African classic! I read it often as a kid, and re-read it now to glory in its imagery of a land untainted. How I envy those Victorians measuring themselves against the wilderness. And the ink drawings are a total delight! View all my …
CAMPfire Tales
Join Lloyd’s story telling series every first Thursday of the month at UK 6 pm. This week: WHEN SAFARIS GO WRONG! Zoom 780 932 0496/campfire https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7809320496… CAMPfire Tales #13: She Never saw that Coming! and other hilarious safaris stories
Mudd Buffalo Moments 1: When ya gotta go, ya gotta go!
Truth and speciosity claim: Never let a good story get in the way of the truth: Africa Bites, story 12 (Down at the Boat Station) and Confessions of an African Safari Guide, story 34 (Diminishing Returns) Look, you can sit there on a five hour game drive in terrible pain, that particular and peculiar kind of pain that cries, no, …
It’s HERE!
CONFESSIONS OF AN AFRICAN SAFARI GUIDE has gone LIVE on Kindle! And Christmas is coming…
Smoke signals during The Pause 🐾
I’m used to spending lengthy parts of the year getting African dust on my boots so I miss Africa, and my safari friends. And my binoculars are missing me! These days my Swarovski’s just look at me sadly and shrug their shoulders. “Wassup? Let’s go, man,” they’re saying. African safari reminds us to slow down. I talk about this all …
Meet Wild Animals with Jerry Swift
I met my friend Jerry Swift while on a birding safari in the jungles of Peru. He is a modern day adventurer and film-maker whose focus is to find the most remote places on the planet, and discover the wildlife that lives there. Jerry is in touch with expedition leaders and guides like me, people he has encountered on his …
Africa Bites Release
Africa Bites release: The long-awaited series of short stories by Lloyd is now available to purchase on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Toastmasters victories
Lloyd has been presenting his stories at the Riverside Toastmasters in Twickenham and has won the speech competition twice
Interesting Read
Hi safari travellers I did a brilliant walk through Namibia in February with Andrea Oschetti: the article went live on CNN Online today! Click here and Enjoy the read!