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- I was born in a mud hut
- In a gin box
- The country club
- Indian detour: improbable pair
- Indian detour: married life
- Indian detour: Women’s Royal Indian Naval Service (WRIN)
- European detour: a foreign country
- European detour: grim Britain
- The return of the prodigal daughter
- Too many sisters
- American tinned milk, nappies and the Count
- Tanganyikan snake stories
- Why doesn’t he speak?
- Elephant tales
- Oyster Bay
- Accidents
- Mrs Handlebag
- In the shamba
- The long leave
- The long leave – the return voyage
- The long leave – are we there yet?
- A house in Burton Street
- Befriending Christmas lunch
- Nairobi bound
- A house in Lavington Green
- Our four-legged family
- Pets: now you see them, now you don’t
- Airport anecdotes
- Will Father Christmas find us at Mount Kilimanjaro?
- Taking the new car for a spin
- When going to the drive-in, please be careful of the lions
- Siblings leave little brother holding the chocolate
- My first bicycle and keeping an eye on a lorry
- School, Slipper, Sister and a Safari
- Horse riding at the swimming club
- Feeding mum to the lions
- What name shall I say?
- Odd tales from Nairobi
- Mombasa bound
- Last one back gets eaten
- The Old Town, street vendors and dhow captains
- Fisherman’s tales
- USS Enterprise has no Scotchie
- Mnarani Club, the naked truth
- Food for thought
- Rolling waves and falling pants
- Dip day and the disappearing dog
- A slow train to Uganda
- To catch a thief
- School: Princes, Ministers and Askaris
- Extra activities at school
- Many ways to get stung
- Road to Entebbe
- A castle in the garage and a strange bicycle ride
- Swear not
- Television and other entertainment
- The riding crop and other parties
- Rallying Moss, struggling MG and melting Eskimo
- From a paradise to a pariah state
- A holiday with no return