Antonio Menezes is quite right about spotting Turnbull on his early morning rounds in Dar-es-salaam on a bicycle. That is the way he always operated even when he was Provinciaal Commissioner of the Northern Frontier Province in Kenya. He was up very early and, accompanied by his D.C.(District Commissioner), tour the township just to check on things - furious if he found litter on the streets or a Tribal Police not smartly turned out etc. He loved foot safaris and would often walk miles in the desert heat just to impress on his D.C.s that he expected the same of them rather than have them sitting in their comfortable offices! He was a stickler for perfection and wasn't one to suffer fools gladly.
Mervyn Maciel
