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| View from top floor of game viewing tower |
Past
visitors to Leopard’s View will remember the magnificent view that unfolds as
you climb to the top of the game viewing tower.
To the west, the sweeping panorama that takes in the hills of the Escarpment,
round to the valley and ridge in front of the tower and of course the view down
to the water hole. The view never fails
to impress, even for us, and to sit on top of the tower as the sun comes up
over the waterhole or enjoy a glass of wine with the sun going down is probably
one of the great joys about living here.
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| 'Old look' tower |
For some
time though, we have been aware that the tower has been in need of renovation;
the safety railings were rather inadequate and the floor needed relaying. This was a job that required a few weeks work
so we scheduled it into the calendar and began work last month.
Our first job was to strengthen and relay the
floor on the middle deck and replace the safety railings. This of course was more difficult that it
sounds as once the floor was taken up there was nothing to stand on and it was
rather a precarious task to relay the floor timbers.
The top
level floor came next; new decking timbers to be shaped, fitted and varnished
and then the new safety railings. New
steel work was added in some places and new furniture on the top floor along
with a shelf for binoculars and books.
The finished result is a great improvement. Repainting of the steel work will follow, but
that is a job for another day!
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| Top floor with new railings, shelf and furniture |
The
giraffes seen in the pictures were taken yesterday morning. We were having breakfast with our guests when
this group of giraffes arrived and stayed around the waterhole drinking and
eating for some time. I was climbing to the top of the tower for some photographs when elephants were spotted coming through the bush. Breakfast was forgotten in the excitement of
a wonderful elephant encounter – but, that will be in the next posting!
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