Naivasha, and Debbie's house has become a bit of a home for home for us, what with the company, the animals and the lake at the bottom of the garden. The animals are a great bridge between the wild and the woolly.
Kusoko, the parrot, is 45 years old and speaks several languages and a great range of clicks and tocks. He will be training Da Vinci all by himself very soon.
After a final ride up the hills on Fleur's quiet ex-racehorse Zahir, it was time to say goodbye for the final time.
With an overnight flight and plenty of sleep, it was like being in a time warp and soon we were back on the roads of the New Forest...