Photograph Album - Bill Miles

From Great North Road

By William Miles.

All these were from in or around Nkana/Kitwe except the warning sign which was I think on the Rhodesian side of Beit Bridge. I think that someone like Ron Clibborn-Dyer could probably give names to the flowers - I was interested in them, but not very into Latin names - had had a scarring intro to Latin teaching 19th century style that put me off it big time!

Black Lily	Fire Flowers	Ground Orchids	Ground Orchids
Rhino Lily

Rhokana Single Quarters

Converter Pouring

Refinery Wire Bars

View from roof

Kafue

Tribal Dancing

Warning Signs

Gaboon Viper

The Gaboon Viper was killed on the farm, as was a 10 ft python- no picture I'm afraid. The last 6 inches of the sides of the chicken runs were corrugated asbestos, and the python slid down one of the corrugations, after swallowing three chickens, it couldn't reverse the procedure & was dispatched by staff - I know, this is not a good thing, but the conservation message had not spread very far at that time.

The damndest thing was the other chickens response - they formed a crowd around the snake clucking quietly & looking at it - if you could speak Chicken, they were probably saying "Look at that great big worm - yeah but did you see what it did to Gerty, Doris & Fanny". Sorry, I get a bit carried away - I'll have to get a shot of Scotland's finest export to settle the fevered brain.