I have really enjoyed creating this blog using our family archive. Who would ever have guessed that a Global Pandemic would be the reason I finally found the time to do it ? Coronavirus 19 has given rise to many challenges for everyone but, as always, my family has shown resilience and we have thoroughly… Continue reading Finally, a big thank you!

Reminiscence by Juliet: We flew back to the UK via a few days in Greece where we hired a Fiat 106 which turned out to be a rather small car for 3 long-legged girls and a vast quantity of luggage including such random things as a hockey stick ! No such thing as air con… Continue reading Back to the UK via Greece.

Letter from Graham to Grandma & Grandad 25 July 1977 – School has ended and we are holidaying at the coast again (at Jadini Beach campsite). Yesterday was sunny and we got a bit sunburnt and today has started with a little rain and no sun. The tide is high and the children are playing… Continue reading Last trip to the coast & Tsavo.

Letter from Juliet to Grandma & Grandad 30 June 1977 – We are going to Naro Moru at the foot of Mt Kenya this weekend because the Mountain Club is having it’s Annual Dinner there. So we will be with our friends Brian and Guri Thomas and Jack, Faith, Jackie and Heather Charity. I hope… Continue reading Trip to Naro Moru.

Diary entry by Helen Friday 17 June 1977 – Today I didn’t go to school because it was the 2nd last day we could play with Catherine, Alastair and Jane before they leave. Diary entry by Helen Monday 20 June 1977 – Today I didn’t go to school again because it was the last day… Continue reading Saying goodbye to friends.

Letter from Graham to Grandma & Grandad 3 April 1977 – We are having a four week holiday from school, though I will be busy with the arrangement of next term’s timetable for some of the time. That is a difficult task but I enjoy it as you might enjoy a crossword or any other… Continue reading Final school term 1977.

Letter from Judy to Nanny & Grandad 4 May 1977 – The rains have been, and still are, very heavy this year so coming back from our holiday at the coast was a bit of a let down for all of us, especially getting used to flooded roads and oceans of mud everywhere which makes… Continue reading Rainy season.

Diary entry by Helen 25 Apr 1977 – This morning we all dressed in safari boots or wellies because we were going to the marsh. It is just out of the Alliance school boundary, past the farm. The marsh water has bilharzia so I am careful not to fall in. It is nice there but… Continue reading Holiday time at home.

Letter from Judy to Nanny & Grandad 14 Mar 1977 – We have booked up a house at the coast, at 420 South, for the first week of April which we are sharing with a friend and her two girls who are 10 and 11. We decided to splash out a bit for our last… Continue reading Easter at the Coast with Faith, Jackie & Heather.

A story about the origin of the Ngong Hills written by Juliet and put in the book we created for Grandma & Grandad for Christmas 1975 – Letter from Judy to Grandma & Grandad 2 Mar 1977 – I have just got back from our weekly walk on the Ngong Hills which the children may… Continue reading Walking in the Ngong Hills.