Adieu Himalayas: Cash out in Kashmir
The Himalayas. A chain of mountains. The meeting point of the highest peaks on earth. The snow-capped hat of India and the wondrous soul of Nepal. A single name is […]
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High on Himachal
It was a year ago to the day we cycled off from our flat in London and what a 12 months it’s been. Babies have arrived, loved ones passed, new […]
A Himalayan Fairytale
Once upon a time in a land far far away cycled a princess named Briany. She enjoyed wearing lycra, always had way too much butter on her potatoes and sported […]
Moving on in Nepal
How do we learn life’s lessons? Play is the catalyst in childhood. The hormonal tsunami of our teens makes us stretch and stumble into territories unknown. When adulthood arrives the […]
Pre-quake Nepal
Unfortunately Brian is still a man down so with a little time on my hands, and to lighten the mood, I thought I’d post the blog I’d written on route […]
Rats, Knuckles & King Coconut
From the title of this blog you could be mistaken for thinking we’ve spent the last few weeks hauled up in a prison drama: Soap bars are dropped and Big […]
Hidden Gems
Picture a wildlife documentary crew: stealthy, covert preparation, patient months waiting for that one shot and a cocoon of silence to woo natures magnificence. Now picture a murky lake, Brians […]
Bring on Ceylon
Brian and I like to eat. We like to eat as much as much as we like to cycle and in rythm with our bike inner tubes our own spare […]
then there were 2
January brings with her the obligatory annual questions: Why did I eat all those pies, was it really a good idea to remain drunk for the whole of December, who […]
Transit woes & happy hellos
‘If you can keep your head when all about are loosing theirs and blaming it on you….’ A line from ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling Mr Kipling wrote the above as […]
The Adventures of Donkey & Horse 