The guide says that the weather is not the best. It looks ok outside at the moment but he says that we might get some rain. I’ve just been over to the big window that looks out over the mountains. The sky is blue overhead and I can see that the clouds are moving quite fast. In the distance the peaks are covered in clouds.

Bill has his binoculars and he has spotted some fallow deer. One of them is a nice buck. The group are standing in some brown-grey brush probably a mile or so away. He has done very well to see them. I think he is determined to see a Red Stag from the lodge.

I took a look through his Kahles 8 x 42 binos and they seemed pretty good. The buck wasn’t doing much.

Tom and I’ll head back to our rooms and meet back with the guide in around 30 minutes time. The cook is getting us some lunch which we’ll take with us in the four wheel drive truck. I don’t have to take binos because the guide is going to provide us each with a pair of Swarovskis…I think they are 10x42 SwaroVision. I’ve got a pair of Swarovskis at home with the rangefinder built in. Pretty damn good binoculars.