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15 February to 5 March 2020
Day 4
Amboseli Ol Tukai to Karen (256.05 km)
19 February 2020
Most of us were up with the sun this morning, waiting to catch a glimpse of Kilimanjaro without its cloud
cover. We weren’t disappointed and once we’d finished with the cameras and enjoyed the breakfast our
drive out of the park was the next box to tick. Along the way, and with the giant mountain in the rear
view mirror, we saw herds of grazing animals such as zebra, wildebeest and a group of giraffes.
After a few kilometres a tour bus was pulled over by the
side of the road and, with all eyes aboard looking to the
left, they insisted that there were lions stalking through
the long grass. Given the aforementioned vegetarians were
calmly chomping through the savannah, we weren’t so sure.
Immediately outside of the park a Regularity had been set
up along a typically dusty highway, which ran over a low
level bridge where a group of young Masaai women took
a break from their laundry wondering what an earth was
going on.
This stretch of road then led us back to the tarmac, where
we were able to refuel in Namanga and then set a course for
the days test. For most of the rally this was plain sailing.
Edmund Peel and Sara MacDonald however had to stop by
the side of the road to repair a cracked front spoiler.
The rough roads of the last two days had obviously taken
their toll on the low front end, but the Porsche was quickly
stitched together, by many helping hands, with wire
scavenged from the roadside. Fellow Porsche crew Stephen
and Jenny Verrall also stopped and donated a roll of duct
tape to the cause. Within 15 mins the drama was over and
the 911 was on its way, much to the disappointment of the
dozens of children who swarmed around the two cars.
The test at Ninties Kajiado was a short, sharp blast
through a section of scrubby woodland. Almost every turn
was 90° and encouraged the drivers to push on as much as
they could. The trails of red dust rising from behind each
car testified to the amount of fun that they were having.
Any dust that had collected in the throats of the crews
was washed away at the next passage control. The aptly
named Fred’s Ranch rest area sported a Country and
Western theme, right down to the staff wearing Stetsons
and bootlace ties. Coffee and cakes were served to a
soundtrack straight out of Nashville. From here it was a
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Willy Van Loon and Christiane Torfs, 1935 Bentley Derby 3
½
Clint and Dawn Smith, Jaguar E-Type
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