Next puncture, 30 mins later, by the side of a road this time, so no fear of being eaten by a lion, but we were accosted by loads of little Masai children. Sue who asked to take their photograph had a bag of Pear drops for them to share!!! Share, not being the operative word, as one wee boy snatched the bag from her hands and proceeded to stuff as many as he could into his mouth, stopping the others from having them. It was all good natured, fortunately, and he was back with cheeks bulging looking for more!!!

They wanted to show us how good their English was, always on the look out for more sweets. The bulk of these children wore a piece of material over their naked bodies and sandals made of rubber from old car tyres. They were also responsible, many times, for looking after the cattle or goats and lived in mud huts - no electricity or water!!