Summer in southern England has felt as dry as the Serengeti Plains, but my recent trip to Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey looked set to coincide with the start of the rainy season. I woke up to a great deluge ribboning from the windows of my house and pooling in the road outside – one of those storms that were once alien to the UK, only glimpsed on trips to far-off continents.
It felt rather fitting, given that I was going on safari. Privately-owned Elmley is probably best known for its collection of cabins and cottages that look out over a wilderness that covers a fifth of the entire island, but it also puts on tours in search…
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