A sparkling diamond in the rough

I was absolutely sure I was being watched. I couldn’t turn around as I had a tent guy rope in my teeth and tent peg in one hand, trying set up the off-road trailer I’d collected some 40 minutes earlier in Pretoria. Happy in the knowledge that there are no Big Five predators at this reserve, I finally turned around. Standing some 70-odd metres away were three giraffe. Infinitely curious, these long-necked spotted beauties of the bush stared down at me as if to say,“For goodness sake mate, get your darn tent set up!” This was back