by Susan Jagannath | Sep 25, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Camino, Himalayan Challenge, Self-publishing, Sticky, Valley of the Flowers, Walks, Writing
Transcript Why Conferences are Great and not so great Hello and welcome to this replay of the talk which I gave at the Logan Writers Conference a couple of weeks ago. We had a few technical glitches preventing a livestream. And quite a few of you have asked for the...
by Susan Jagannath | Sep 15, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Travel, Writing
WTF – not it’s not a rude saying and I have not been overcome by the need to swear in writing at least – in real life it may or may not be a different matter altogether. There was a WTF in my presentation – much to the delight of the high...
by Susan Jagannath | Sep 9, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Camino, Spain, Walking, Walks, Writing
Countdown Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Join the Festival Transcript Prelude to the Writer’s Festival It is nearly here. What is at this time, I should actually be out in the forest walking about and showing your lives from the forest. But you know...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 31, 2021 | Bestsellers, Self-publishing, Travel, Writing
An update on August The end of August means a few things – typically, its the last month that you can pretend that the year has not rushed past in unseemly haste, leaving you scrambling to catch up, breathless in indignation that you didn’t really know...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 17, 2021 | Adventures, Himalayas, Places, Self-publishing, Travel, Writing
The Kabuliwallahs on the Pilgrim Path The trouble with travel and pilgrimage is that you meet people who challenge your stereotypical assumptions – and then the world changes and you worry again. This is the path to Hemkund, a Sikh pilgrimage hike high in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 13, 2021 | Adventures, Camino, Churches, Faith, Spain, Women
I’ve had complaints that my book, The Camino Ingles: 6 Days to Santiago has very little historical context, so in the latest version, I have added some cultural context. It has also been completely updated for 2021 with information on the route and the new...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 12, 2021 | Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Valley of the Flowers, Walking
Delicious Himalayan Food “Dhabas” or roadside food stalls serve generic Indian food on the Valley of Flowers route up to Ghangaria, and onto to Hemkund, and there’s simple free food at the gurudwaras, at guru ka langar.” One you are in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 8, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking, Women
Often, in dark winter days, I wandered in spirit to these flowerful pastures with their clear-running streams set against a frieze of silver birches and shining snow peaks. —Frank Smythe Extracts from the book – The Valley of Flowers Mountain Blooms High in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 7, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walks
Today is Day Seven, and the after one day up at the Valley of FLowers we take the right fork to hike up to Hemkund If you missed the beginning, go back and read. Extract Reaching for Heaven With one last pull and push on my trekking poles, the last switchback is...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 7, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Sticky, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking, Walks, Women
#ValleyofFlowers Day Six Aug 6th 2019 What it feels like to achieve a goal – whether reaching the valley 4 kms up in the sky , or publishing a bestseller about it at the height of a pandemic – brilliant. Never give up on a dream. EXTRACT Darshan It’s not a...
