We were driving up Entoto Mountain on our way to Lake Langano and we were suddenly being chased by a load of men with guns. Mike wanted to drive on but I shouted at him to stop. So, eventually, we did stop and they told us to open the back door of the Peugeot van. I said why are you stopping us but they just kept on telling us to open the back door. So we did but told them to be quiet as the children were asleep. They did not believe us so we opened the door, with Michael standing watch over the sleeping children. Of course, when they saw the sleeping children they withdrew and went away. It was all rather frightening but at least we got safely away and went on our way to Lake Langano. It was them obviously trying to look very official and scary and at the time it was terryfying.
I think this was the start of the time that the Dergue (the communists) tried to take over governing Ethiopia.