by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Where do I get my cravings for adventure from? I think adventure may be a genetic thing. My Mum was probably the one who engendered this love for adventure because we were always going on picnics, she and Dad were always going out on shikar, (very politically... by admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Transcript Summary below, or you can listen to the audio only at the bottom of the page. Happy International Women’s Day! The first thing I saw on my Facebook feed today was last year’s video where I was actually in the forest but today I’m here at... by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
How absence can get you your heart’s desire I’m already talking about my next Himalayan walk. Am I mad? When you read my book you’ll know the main thing I struggled with was the absence of air. This is Toohey forest and in here we have Mount... by admin | Mar 3, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
The top of Mount Gravatt is the point where we walked every day before the Himalayan trek for training. It was a bit of a joke because this altitude is 184 metres and at Sandakphu we were nearly 4000 meters. This walk was good for training. It wasn’t good for... by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Adventures, Singalilla Trek, trekking, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m back where it all started for us. This is Toohey forest where I trained for all my walks, for the Camino Walk in 2016 and for our 2017 Himalayan trek. Today is the 27th and it’s exactly two months since we finished the last of our walks in the... by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Adventures, Singalilla Trek, Uncategorized, Writing
Giving Voice to my Book – Transcript Early this morning I finished my second draft and it has been a hard a really hard task so I thought I would share with you the processes which I’ve been doing to get this book going and to get the second draft.... by admin | Jan 21, 2018 | Adventures
On a holiday – adventure to round off 2017 – I was exhausted and jaded and ready for the year to be over and done with – until I arrived back in Bangalore, home for so long, and so long ago. I wondered at the changes, and reflected on the astonishing changes I... by admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is my last day in the Himalayas. I haven’t done much work at all. Mainly because there was no internet and we had a lot of trouble with phones so I could not do a lot of work. And I think that was a really good excuse. In this Himalayan retreat, we’ve... by admin | Dec 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Merry... by admin | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Into the hills – goodbye to the plains. landedin Bagdogra on Spicejet – the air above the skyline was blue – though we descended rapidl into a light smog. bagdogra airport looks the same as 30 years ago- still just a squre building festooned inside... 