We had an unexpected shower of rain on the 2nd, followed by four weeks of hot sunny weather, before we had rain on the 29th, making July one of the driest months in years.

We were very sad to hear of Nigel Pavitt’s death, he was 86. He was a renowned photographer and author. Nigel was one of our Board members until August 2009 and acted as Chairman in 2005 and 2006.

The rains continued until the 10th, flooding several areas, before the rains disappeared for ten days before returning with heavy storms causing extensive flooding.

The first two weeks of April were hot, windy and dry, this enabled us to burn two areas before the rains started on the 16th.

We has a few days of beautiful sunny weather at the beginning of the month, a welcome change from the wet overcast days that characterized half of January and most of February.

The heavy rain continued throughout February (nearly 200 mm or 8” this month alone) and the prognosis is for heavier than average rainfall for the next three months.

President Kenyatta visited the Triangle with his family on the 4th.

This was the driest December for the 20 years we have been in the Mara, that is until the last two days of the month, when we had decent rain.

The rains were sporadic, light and local throughout November, with some areas hardly getting any at all.

There was a heavy rainstorm on the 3rd and an even heavier storm on the 17th.

We had a few days of rain from the beginning of the month, this confused the wildebeest and for a few days we must have had half a million of them in the Triangle.

We had rain from the 3rd to the 15th, with some quite heavy storms along the escarpment and towards Oloololo Gate.

We had a few days of low cloud and drizzle from the 8th, the remainder of the month was dry but cool.

The President visited the Triangle with his family and friends on the 6th and 7th. They had a game drive followed by a picnic lunch at Kiboko Camp on the 7th.

We had two weeks of rain at the beginning of the month. There were some days that were completely overcast, with drizzle for most of the night and day.

We had days of light rain and the occasional thunderstorm before one very heavy storm on the 10th.

March was for the most part dry, with the exception of one or two heavy showers and one very destructive storm at the beginning of the month.

We had a few days of glorious, sunny weather at the beginning of the month before the rains returned on the 6th.

This past year must rank as the most difficult in living memory. Companies destroyed, livelihoods turned upside down, families torn apart – and yet we managed to get through it, and there might be light at the end of the tunnel.