BBC Countryfile Magazine

Ellie Harrison

“Drawing a circle with a stick in the sand around our tent to ward off predators was scant comfort, set against the clandestine operations of uniformed men in the distance across the water and the colossal monolith of concrete Kariba Dam directly above our heads.

Despite fresh paw prints the next morning, it was the sound of water trickling down the dam wall that made me relieved to

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