Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Night-stop on the equator between Nakuru and Eldoret.

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Sign on the equator.

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Road on the scarp slope from Kitale to the floor of the Rift Valley to the west of Lake Rudolf.

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Crossing the dry bed of the River Turkwell near Lodwar.

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Base camp at Lodwar: The future hospital building used by us for accomodation.

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Base camp at Lodwar: The cookhouse being built of wood and corrugated iron sheeting.

Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958

Typical ‘camp’ for an astro fix point, just a tent fly-sheet spread between two vehicles.Some of us slept on top of the Bedford RL 3-tonner with the stars for our canopy.

Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958

Bill in bush hat and with short-barelled bush rifle, used for protection and obtaining fresh meat.

Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958

Sand dunes and dom palms close to Ferguson’s Gulf on Lake Rudolf.

Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf

Road through the Lodapalinga Hills near Lokitaung on the north-west side of Lake Rudolf.

Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf

Road through the Lodapalinga Hills with baboons lining the top of the cliff face and throwing stones at us.

Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf

Turkana Tribal Policemen from the Kenya Police post at Todenyang near the north-west corner of Lake Rudolf where Jomo Kenyatta, the Mau Mau political leader and future first President of Kenya was imprisoned until 1959.