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Art Everywhere? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
The three day event went splendidly: the Thursday Stratford wedding, the friends and family boozy Friday night out in the groom’s local, and the Saturday blessing held in St John the Baptist Church, ...
Eek a mouse! 9 Aug 2013 | 03:51 pm
From taxi drop-off to airport bar in under thirty minutes – a record? Probably in these days of near military style security as large businesses make Machiavellian fortunes from creating traveller fea...
Lazy, hazy, crazy days 26 Jul 2013 | 04:31 pm
The Witney wedding went well, but the hottest day of the year was not the day to be wearing fancy pants; coulda’ been worse – the beautiful bride’s beautiful dress weighed a ton and them posh tailed s...
Three years on… 12 Jul 2013 | 01:52 pm
On June 30th 2010 I sent my final e-mail to ‘all staff” at Henley: It is not without regret that today, I say farewell to friends, colleagues, Henley and the greenery of the Sowe Valley; ...
Back in the UK 28 Jun 2013 | 03:48 pm
The stag night on Saturday night went well – seventeen of us (ages ranging from around thirty to seventy?) jumped on a 1963 Routemaster bus and headed off to the darkest Black Country and a tour of i...
And then came the rains 20 Jun 2013 | 09:43 am
told you that I wouldn’t go for a swim in the most inviting Fewa lake as it’s pretty polluted; last time I was here I got me a bit of an ‘upset tummy’ after taking a dip; sensibly and reluctantly, I a...
Chilling in the heat, Carruthers 13 Jun 2013 | 10:17 am
It's hard for me to tell you just how beautiful Pokorah is – an idyllic lake valley setting surrounded on three sides by lushly wooded hills, with the snow capped Annapurnas behind. The main tourist d...
The Friendship Highway, road to Kathmandu 7 Jun 2013 | 02:46 pm
Having completed the kora, we all agreed that the best thing would be to get out of Tibet asap – there was no longer any need for nights without good grub, electricity or water. We cut short our tour ...
A long way to go for a short walk 4 Jun 2013 | 10:57 am
In the end only six of us made it to the Saga Dawa festival and the following Kailash Kora – one circuit = all sins forgiven: shriven; fifteen circuits = straight to Nirvana, foolish not to give it a ...
To a mountain in Tibet 2 Jun 2013 | 11:49 am
Apparently it’s about 1500k from Lhasa to Darchen, the starting point of our Kailash pilgrimage. Overall, the roads aren’t too bad – the frequent big bumps help keep our narcoleptic driver: Psang awak...
