20th January, 2006

Grim and worried. I have to take an early bath today to get back to Cambridge in time for a 5pm appointment with a nurse who is going to give me copious injections to cover me for tetanus, yellow fever and I've forgotten what else. I don't think I've gone on enough about my mid-February holiday. Well I havn't had much time to really I suppose. Nothing like starting a new job with intent. 6 weeks into it and whoosh, I'm off on a riding holiday in Kenya. I was going to write the word "safari", but a newspaper article on Wednesday has put the dampeners on that so to speak. Apparently the Masai Mara is suffering its worst drought for years and the animals are leaving in droves so I suppose we may pass them on the road to Nairobi, but that will be about that.