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The Frog Blog

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:29:01 +0200

For some unaccountable reason, tree frogs have been hanging out around the terrace in front of our house. One even sat in Maren's shoe, just outside our front door and another made its way into our boiler room! Can you spot the frog in the ivy?

More sensible frogs take up residence near our pond, clutching onto reed stems and pretending to be invisible.

Some New Pages!

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:13:10 +0200

We have now added several new pages to the Travel Report section:

Luanda Street Scenes - A collection of photos showing street vendors, crowded apartment buildings and traffic congestion in the capital of Angola.

The Likoni Ferry in Mombasa - Some pictures of this hard-worked ferry from an unusual viewpoint on our ship, showing the huge number of passengers that cram onto the old boat as it plies between Mombasa Island and the Kenyan mainland to the south.

The Whaling Town of Tórshavn - Some years ago we visited the Faroes and took pictures of the relics of whaling, including whale bones and harpoons, as well as the picturesque wooden Parliament building.

And we have made updates to the Ocean Life section:

Harbour Porpoises in Kerteminde - A collection of photographs of two captive harbour porpoises and several common seals at the Fjord & Bælt Centre in Kerteminde, Denmark.

Bay of Biscay - Photos taken during a research survey on a yacht off the northern coast of Spain in search of the elusive beaked whales.

Easter in Andalucia

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:07:47 +0200

Easter is over. It was a particularly cold one this year, with temperatures dropping to below 3 degrees at night. We watched the spectacular processions in Sevilla for the third time, but this year we also went to the neighbouring village of Moguer to see a small scale local procession. We've compiled photos from three years and created a new page you can see here.

A Special Easter Surprise

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:18:34 +0200

Tawny owls have nested every year in a box we put up for them in one of our big pine trees over four years ago. On Easter Saturday we were delighted to see a fluffy face framed in the entrance to their box.

On searching the trees, we found another Easter chick perched out in the open! This one seems to have left the box at a much younger age than we have seen them emerge in previous years.

Reflections of Congo

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:11:25 +0200

We just got back from a four week job off the Republic of Congo. We saw a lot of dolphins and witnessed and even managed to photograph some spectacular marlin hunts, as they chased dorado near the ship. There is a selection of photos on our Ocean Life Congo page.

At the start and end of the job we had bit of time to explore on shore and have posted photos on the Pointe Noire page.

We also updated the Ocean Life Gabon page and posted a short photo story about an encounter between a thresher shark and a brown booby - The booby and the beast.

The New Look

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:14:49 +0100

At last we are going public with our newly designed website! There is still lots more to add, including the Kenya 2008 detailed travel diary, the "Saca de las Yeguas" page of the round-up of the wild horses near Almonte and the "Ocean Life" pages with our photos of marine mammals and seabirds. We will try to update the website on a regular basis, so please drop in to have a look around from time to time. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

First Post

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:30:22 +0100

This is just a trial upload of our new look website. We'll be updating it very soon.