Traces…

We just came home to the Mara after a wonderful time in Samburu – and I noticed something strange just next to our tent that I had not noticed before…

can you see that there are marks on the rock?

I pondered what this might be for a while and then one earlymorning the solution presented itself in person: this is the place the night watchman sharpens his sword!

I asked the warriors whether they normally return to the same place to sharpen their swords and spears, but they said when out and about they just find a place on a rock that is smooth and sharpen it there… and this mark is there solely because it is a convenient place and he happens to be there every day… so, next time you see a mark like this on a rock somewhere, take time to think about the likely possibility that someone passed there before you in a different time, a different world… and say hello in your heart!