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15 February to 5 March 2020
Day 12
Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara (217.77 km)
27 February 2020
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
The Bentley 4 ½ Le Mans of Graham and Marina Goodwin
Reto Mebes and Hans-Jürgen Benze, Mercedes-Benz 280SLC
Today was essentially a transit day, where we
struck out for the wilds of the Masai Mara, along
good quality tarmac highways. Mostly. From
the Lodge, we turned south on the main road to
Nairobi and then west to a Passage Control in
Narok. This is where the fun began.
There’d been heavy rain overnight and, whilst the landscape
was looking very green and pleasant, some of us were
worried about the conditions further down the road. As
reported by the 48 hour car, the only obstacle which we’d
face today was the last 30 km from the main road into the
camp.
This was a rough section anyway but, with the rain we’ve
had, we were warned that it would be even more tricky.
And so it was, a low level bridge, for example, had been
washed away and, whilst it was being repaired by a gang of
locals, the rally had to slither over some 100m of vicious
mud and rock laid across a thick brown torrent until they
were once again able to join the main track.
The Beardshaws followed by the Wilsons
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