Heavy rain at the beginning of the month resulted in the Mara River flooding – a fuel tanker went over the Bridge near Mara Rianta on the 6th – one person was rescued but two people were washed away.
Rain in the first few days hampered road work, we had a few days of sunshine mid-month before the rains returned with a vengeance, with heavy storms around Oloololo and Mara Bridge.
We had some rain in early January, but for the most part the month was hot and dry. We are very fortunate, there is ample grass, there is more than a green tinge and grass is actually growing.
November was un-seasonally dry, with a little rain around the 15th. This does not bode well for much of Kenya – including the eastern portion of the Mara.
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.
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.
