We were up early to say goodbye to Sue and the rest of the team, while Mark, Steve and I stayed on at the Blue Line waiting for Cyrus and his mountain men.
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| Goodbye to the Moving Mountains volunteers |
Knowing it would be a while before they arrived, I took a walk and found more great birds.
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| Young Cordon Bleu, before it got its red cheeks! |
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| Spectacled Weaver |
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| Black-lored Babbler |
Still, we got away about 10:00 and drove to Nanyuki where we stopped for another shopping session. Having got all I needed yesterday, I just waited outside.Eventually, we set off and drove the 9km up to the Sirimon Gate. The porters divided up our big bags, their bags and the food and equipment, leaving us with day packs. They must be carrying at least twice as much as we are, and going faster for all that!
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| The whole team at Sirimon Gate |
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| Yes, folks, that's bracken, just like in the UK! |
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| Porters not slowed down by massive loads! |
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| Crossing the Equator! Thankfully you don't get shaved... |
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| Forest! |
We walked through forest for an hour or two, Mark and I at the back with Cyrus, going "Pole pole" - slowly - and Steve forging ahead.
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| Picnic for three - this tablecloth became very familiar! |
We had a picnic lunch of peanut butter and salad butties with fruit (those green things are bananas!) which recharged the batteries and we carried on, but it came on to rain and by the time we reached Old Moses Camp it was bucketing down and we were drenched.
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| Fabulous flower! |
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| Uh-oh, it's raining... |
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| Pouring rain at Old Moses Camp |
Fortunately most of my kit was well wrapped, so it was my waterproofs and the clothes I was wearing that were really wet. A hot drink and a change of kit got me warmed up, and the sun came out again so it was fit to go outside for a bit, though it was getting chilly. Then a crowd of kids from a school in Nairobi arrived. They had reached the summit this morning and were very excited but soaked and tired out, so very loud!
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| Red-winged Starlings |
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| Soggy school kids |
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| Giant heather zone |
The bunk room was a bit cramped but once in bed that didn't matter at all! ZZZZzzzzZZZZzzz...
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