Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 935 Join date : 2011-10-21 Location : Algoa Bay
Subject: Fugitives drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:03 am
Hi Springbok,
Another nice one. Taken from a position very close to Black's Sangar
regards ,
barry
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7853 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:07 am
Hi Barry Right above it, just couldn't get down the hill, there had been a lot of rain the preceeding week it was pretty treacherous going.
Cheers
Mr Greaves
Posts : 747 Join date : 2009-10-18
Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:22 pm
Love the copyright marking!
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7853 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:32 pm
Well done Mr G, no body has ever spotted that before.
6pdr
Posts : 1086 Join date : 2012-05-12 Location : NYC
Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:53 pm
How much of that brush / bush would have been present in 1879 do you think?
90th
Posts : 10330 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Fugitives Drift Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:42 am
Hi 6pdr From the pictures I've seen from the time of 1879 around Isandlwana where there is basically nothing , I'd be fairly certain it'd be similar ( Fugitives Drift ). Although along the banks of the river itself it may've been different . Ian Knight has mentioned that the majority of the scrub, bush etc has really taken off within the last 30 years or so , when he first started going there , it was a lot less than nowadays . Cheers 90th
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7853 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Fugitives Drift Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:25 am
The two early photos taken from behind the M and C memorial show there was virtually no growth on the hills. I have photos, virtually on an annual basis that shows the growth along the river, ten years ago there was nothing at all now its pretty damned thick.
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