Laura Lambert has put together a small team; this includes her friend Lady Penelope, Kit Campion (ace investigative reporter), his dog Ruffles and Captain Pollock. They will travel 'on safari' with a Police escort to their first stop the Mission at Npoto. After that they will travel on to meet Jungle Man (aka Tarzan) who will lead them to a hidden mining operation he has found. Their aim is to investigate the mine and rumours of Dr Weevil's presence in the area.
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Laura Lambert and company set off on their journey, with an armed police escort ...
meanwhile Stirling and Sterling arrange some more assistance...
Sterling & Stirling say their goodbye's to the local police officer, they have hired a jalopy to take them onwards....
After some miles Laura Lambert & co spotted a couple of eland ahead....
They continued on their way for a while, after a short rest they encountered a couple of rhinos..
they moved upwind and further away from them...
An hour or so later, in the distance they could see the mission buildings at Npoto, they would soon be there.
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All was quiet at the mission
and the nearby tribal village....
But trouble was on its way, a group of ruga-ruga led by two Europeans...
they took up positions quietly, to spring an attack when Laura Lambert & co arrived....
As Laura Lambert & co approached the mission, the owner gave them a wave; for some reason Kit Campion's dog Ruffles ran barking towards a bit of scrub near the small building at the edge of the mission compound....
The attackers emerge from cover and opened fire, Ruffles runs back ....the party take cover in some light scrub and return fire...
The bearers run back and shelter by the Baobob trees, while both sides exchange fire....
The armed police's accurate fire starts to tell and the attackers are being picked off; Laura Lambert also gets one of the attackers with her trusty SMG.
Some attackers try to flank their position, coming out of the long grass....
Lady Penelope, Kit Campion and Captain Pollock fired off their pistols at some attackers coming out of the long grass - one attacker goes down.
The attackers have had enough and hastily withdraw, Ruffles runs after them barking furiously...
They have at last reached the mission, the armed police check all is safe & secure.....
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The next morning, their escort for the next leg of the journey arrived... they would be riding with a detachment of the East Africa mounted rifles....
A somewhat worrying bit in the middle while they were walking in circles. I bet the officer had the map and compass!
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