Yesterday was the shortest day of the year – the official middle of the winter. And just to rub it in, the weather was so cold last night that I almost got up to put a T-shirt on. But today it’s pretty warm and sunny again though.

Just one week to go, so I need to do all the things I didn’t get round to doing during the last year. Unfortunately, that’d involve travelling to Malawi and the Masaai Mara, climbing Mount Kenya, learning Swahili properly and loads of other things which I just don’t have time for now. However, this morning ...

At the house I’m currently staying there’s a four year old girl called Akiiki. Yesterday she asked me why I was wearing lipstick. I explained that it’s the normal colour for a mzungu’s lips.

Sorry about the lack of updates recently – I was on holiday last week and tried to avoid using the internet. I didn’t really do much, but it was nice to have a few lie-ins instead of having to go to work at 7am. I went to the Village Market on Friday, but the Maasai ...

This is a duka on Elgon Road, near where I live. In case you can’t read the sign, it’s called the Fruits and Vegetable Paradise. I also have some new photos which I have just had developed and scanned. You can see them on the photos page.

Good news – the water has returned. We got a bit on Sunday morning and some more today. It’s still going to take a while for the tank to refill though. Also on Sunday I finally got my Line 6 Delay Modeller back from the States where it was being fixed. (I got it for ...