Letter from Helen to Grandma & Grandad 3 May 1976 – Last Saturday we went away to a volcanic mountain called Suswa. We stayed up there until Sunday afternoon. Dad was meant to go in some caves but he got a cold so couldn’t. I don’t know how he got a cold because it was… Continue reading Visits to Mt Suswa.

Letter from Judy to Caroline & Martin 6 May 1976 – While I was still recovering from my ailments Graham and John Temple took a few days off to climb Kili – or Mawenzi to be exact. They drove down via Loitokitok and spent the first night sleeping in the vehicle at the top of… Continue reading Climbing on Kilimanjaro & Mt Meru.

Letter from Judy to Nanny & Grandad 15 Apr 1976 – Last week the mains fuse blew on our electricity supply to the house so for three days we were without any lighting, cooking or hot water while the emergency men made the arduous trek up from Nairobi – actually they did come the same… Continue reading Power Supply Problems.

Letter from Judy to Jo 28 Mar 1976 – We have been enjoying ourselves doing some climbing recently. There is a lovely range of hills about 20 miles south of Nairobi, part of which is owned by the Mountain Club of Kenya with lots of good climbing rocks. Graham has been getting in training with… Continue reading Climbing at Lukenya.

Letter from Juliet to the Aunties 18 May 1976 – During the holidays we went for lunch with some friends (the Temples who we met through joining the Mountain Club of Kenya) who live in a big house with a lot of ground. They have 12 horses – I rode one called Oliver. They have… Continue reading Joining the Mountain Club of Kenya.

Letter from Judy to Nanny & Grandad 21 Mar 1976 – We are still thinking about sending the children home for a holiday in August. It’s difficult to decide whether it’s justifiable to spend over £600 on fares even though I’m sure the children would have a marvellous time. Presumably if we did there would… Continue reading Plans for a trip to UK.

Diary entry by Juliet 13 Feb 1976 – Today we went to the Aberdare Mountains but Daddy was sick so we camped by the road. It was hot but there was a cool wind. Some little boys came with their cows. There are some nice blackberries and also some funny sort of orange berries rather… Continue reading Walking in the Aberdares.

Letter from Juliet to Nanny & Grandad 2 Feb 1976 – We have just been away for a camping holiday in the wild with other families by some caves. We all went into one of the caves which was fun. We went in a ‘crawl’ which is a small tunnel about 2 ft high. It… Continue reading Chyulu Hills Caving Trips.

Letter from Juliet to Nanny & Grandad 2 Feb 1976 – I am now in Form IIA but it doesn’t seem any different. At school we now do Home Economics with Pam Kinshott who lives here at Alliance so we travel to school with her. I do a lot of tennis at school now and… Continue reading New School Year Jan 1976.

Letter from Graham to Grandma & Grandad 25 Jan 1976 – The weather has turned fine, with hot sunshine every day. A breeze prevents us from getting too hot and the swimming pool is available to us the second half of every afternoon. Letter from Juliet to Nanny & Grandad 2 Feb 1976 – Now… Continue reading The dry season.