by Susan Jagannath | Dec 31, 2021 | Bestsellers, Sticky, Walking, Writing
Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Yes, I’m tired of those too.. Not a good look for “Happy New Year”? maybe, but I have something much better. This year, with all the lack of travel, and anxiety over the what-seems-a-never-ending-plague, I turned...
by Susan Jagannath | Oct 12, 2021 | Adventures, Sticky, Walking, Walks, Writing
What do you do when you can’t really do any through-hikes? Or when summer is coming in too fast, and spring is an all too brief a moment? And you realise that it is October and you haven’t hiked or travelled for a whole year. No point crying – what I...
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 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, 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...