Rift Valley Fever

Trained as a vet in Edinburgh, Hugh Cran set off to Kenya and spent the next 50 years at the sharp end, treating cattle of Maasai herdsmen, wild animals, horses and pets of ex-pats and the military, the government and everyone in-between. Travelling miles on rough roads, performing impromptu surgery by torchlight and with dirty water, Hugh fell in love with the chaotic life and the colourful people he worked for, from dawn to dusk, seven days a week.



Hugh Cran qualified as a veterinary surgeon in Edinburgh in the early 1960s. In search of adventure and more sunshine than Aberdeen could offer, he answered a small ad. in 1966 to work in a rural practice in Kenya.





As well as working as a general vet in Nakuru, he kept diaries, and explored the wild mountains of Kenya. After a colourful and exhausting 50-year career in Africa he has just returned to the UK and now lives in Castle Cary, Somerset with his wife Berna.



1.   29th October 1991 Road Rage



2. Gin and Gonads



3. Brain Drain



4. Chaos up the Colon



5. Idiocy on the Aberdares



6. A Bang on the Head



7. Trouble at Mill



8. Buffalo and Bhang



9. Madness and Malaria



10. Seeing Spots



11. Debts and Dancing



12. A Picnic with the Pokot



13. Death of Dampness



14. Dutch Courage



15. 'While timorous knowledge stands considering, audacious ignorance hath done the deed'



16. Northern Excursions



17. A Stroll in Samburu-land



18. Open Wide



19. A Trip to the Coast



20. La Luta Continua



21. A Slip and a Sting



22. Wedding Bells



23. Brain and Brawn



24. A Little Bit of this. A Little Bit of That



25. 'And Nicanor Lay Dead In His Harness'



26. Romping with the Rendille