Thigiri Ridge

We had gone to bed the night before thinking that an early start would be required by some in the morning. Kirsty, Matt and Esme were due to arrive on the morning flight, scheduled to land at 5:00am. It turned out that they were considerably delayed, so Stewart, Alan and Magnus were able to leave at 9:15 in order to get to the airport in time to welcome their arrival.
Three very tired people emerged from the arrivals hall. Thankfully the Sunday traffic was very light, and we were all back at base without any further delay.
We had booked a table at a local restaurant for lunch. K and M decided that powering through was the way to go, so we all piled into the the car for the 15 minute drive to Shamba.
The restaurant supports local crafts people. We were taken with a colourful wall hanging for our new dining room and agreed a price at 33% of the original opening figure. The ladies selling their various items gave us a charming hard luck story as to why we should buy lots more, and told us it took them ages to complete the work. As it happens, Paul, our waiter for the meal was delighted to see what we had bought, as it was one that he had made. Magnus re-acquainted himself with grandad's camera, he let him loose to take some snaps, the one of Esme being delightful.
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