At 3 am I was awoken by a thunderstorm and just before dawn rain was hammering on our tent but as if by magic it had all ended by the time we emerged from our tent at 6.15am. Breakfast was porridge (by special request) and toast - again mayonnaise appeared instead of butter but I knew better this time and it was quickly swopped for the butter in the cool box! John had a place under his eye which was looked very red and swollen - big John diagnosed it as Nairobi ...

Today was the day we set off on our walking safari - 0630 breakfast and a 7.15 departure- an early departure was a necessity to ensure we arrived by lunchtime and were not walking for too long in the heat of the day. John led with his great long strides and we fairly galloped along behind ....but it was a good pace and we kept up. He was supported by two young men from the Hadzape bushmen tribe and our Masai spotter Lenkoyi - Mdebe was still recovering from our ...