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Mazabuka Mumblings
ANYONE FOR … MUD WRESTLING? It’s no longer raining cats and dogs –
they got rained out months ago in Maz– we’re now into the heavy
stuff. The expression has changed to raining “hippo and hearty
beasts (!)”… and the odd elephant! Mazabuka is in the throes of
having the wettest season in the last five years. Taking the
figures from the Nakambala weather station, in November we were 46.8
mm above the long term mean, in December, 39.3 mm above and January
is bound to be well above the LTM as well. Crops are looking great
– even some of the coffee trees that suffered from the drought last
year have made a remarkable recovery! Plaintive whining is,
however, coming from golfers who have to battle through the jungle
in the rough AND the fairway, to find their balls. Every time the
tractors get set up to mow the course, down comes the rain! Although
the golf course is in line for a serious face lift later on in the
year, it’s a losing battle playing golf at present. And tennis and
football too, I’m sure. In fact the only sportsmen that won’t be
suffering at present are the mud wrestlers – they’re out there
muddling around in the mangos and mud… somewhere, having a whale of
a time! |
February
2006