Day 14 – Tuesday 7th June – Hide and Souk
After leaving the Macaques in the “Texas” area of their habitat the previous day they should have been fairly easy to find. Usually they don’t travel too far after we leave them in the evening, but they were non-existent! We searched everywhere. Up and down all the valleys (with the heavy tripod). Eventually after almost [...]
Day 13 – Monday 6th July – Wet, Wet, Wet!
Overnight the rain from the previous day had persisted, and although it had now stopped the grass and ground was really wet. It was also really cold. Sandra’s thermometer recorded a temperature of 8°C. The morning dew of the previous week had had little effect on my boots, but the sodden ground had my feet [...]
Day 12 – Sunday 5th June – Cherry Festival, what Cherry Festival?
After the excitement of the previous evening’s activities I had a leisurely start. Checked emails, Skyped with Lauren, did a small amount of Logging and Transferring of the past week’s footage. A mammoth task that I really shouldn’t have put off for as long as I did! I’d barely even scratched the surface when Neal [...]
Day 11 – 4-0!
Long time No post! I got rather bogged down with work during my latter weeks in Azrou, as I had lots of logging, transferring and reviewing to do in the evenings. I’ve been back in the UK for 10 days now, so over the next few days the posts should come thick and fast until [...]
Busy!
Sorry I’ve not been keeping the blog updated. I’ve been snowed under with the work that I’m out here to do, so that has to take priority. Hopefully I should have some time this week to get writing. Anyway, to give you a sneak peek of what’s in store when I do update the blog, [...]
Day 10 – Getting up close and personal with the Tourist Group
After a bit of a rest the previous day I was ready and willing to get loads more film of the Macaques. Sandra and her team were going to be working with the tourist group. We had a quick drive along to see if we could spot the green group, but unlike the rest of [...]
Days 8 and 9 – 26 hours with the Macaques!
On Tuesday I had decided that because the forecast looked good I would spend Wednesday night camped out in the forest in order to be there first thing so I could get the macaques emerging from the trees in the morning. So on Wednesday morning with a packed bag I headed up into hills. Sandra [...]
Days 6 and 7 – My first days filming
I awoke on Monday at the right time, I think everyone was slightly taken aback by the size of the tripod when I met them downstairs. We piled into the car and headed up to the green group of macaques that I would be filming, and that I had seen on Friday. I had been [...]