Scott Elliot: Mhairi Trickett - Kenya revisited as a tourist.

On a dreich, winter evening the Rotary Club was taken away to a land of endless sunshine when Vice President Mairhi Trickett put on a slide show of her family trip to Kenya 8 years ago to celebrate a special birthday.  She had been in the country 40 years ago when she was a nurse doing voluntary work among the Kenyans so the trip was very nostalgic for her and enlightening for her family.  She visited the Medical Centre at Olooseos, now sadly closed down, but her small house in the clearing was still there although now empty.  They also visited Kikuyu Hospital where she was also based and it had been much developed.  Disappointingly, she never met any of the friends she had made all those years ago and they had either moved or passed on.  A 4-day Safari in the Tsavo Game Park was wonderful and she showed her tremendous photographs of wild life and big game all taken at close quarters.  The trip was rounded up at a beach resort at Mombasa much enjoyed by the party.  Many questions were generated after which Past President Scott Elliot gave the vote of thanks.  President Sandy Bannerman was in the chair and welcomed visitor Dr George Thorburn, a guest of his father Past President Jock.