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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Babbs" data-source="post: 1609967" data-attributes="member: 7122">I have to admit I very rarely feel worried, although I have once or twice in South America and in urban South Africa and at the bald ibis site in Morocco - in fact I was very nervous there -, but occasionally it does occur to me what the total value to the gear I'm carrying comes to.  But I presume a Zeiss Diascope is not that attractive to a mugger and the large tripod it's on does provide a fairly useful weapon.  Think coming from relatively safe Suffolk helps.Now bloody dogs they do worry me but again the tripod is quite a good defence.Obviously I'm a man but as said early we're actually probably more at risk.</blockquote>