Goods, Chattels and Ghosts
It’s moving week. The time has come and it’s too late to worry whether I’ve cleared the required six washing machines worth of excess baggage and to sit back and […]
Author Archives: Sarah
Moving Preparations – Drinking the Drinks Cabinet, and Other Excuses
Moving Day is so very nearly upon us. Time has raced by since the day the Assignment Fairy was in contact and the Moving Pixie is seriously under prepared and […]
Incredible India – Cycle Trip Quick Stats
As India slowly works its way out of my system after what has been a hit and miss (not literally) few days with a dodgy tum and general lack of […]
The Taj Mahal… Again
After yesterdays random finish in the middle of nowhere but somewhere within an hour or two’s crawl by coach to Agra, today was Taj day. Trying…. hard…. not…. to…. say…. it…. […]
Horn Please; Bye Bye, Bye Bye – Cycle Day 5
We woke up this morning to our last ever day of cycling in India (I think I can safely say this is true for pretty much everyone). We have a […]
Pimp Your Bike – Cycle Day 4
Today’s official plan is to cycle approx 70kms. This is a bit of a reduction in the original itinerary as we are finding the realities of cycling in India do […]
Talk of Lady Bits – Cycle Side Effects
Men, look away now. You don’t want to know this. Once you’ve read the words you can’t unread them. My advice is to scroll on by or even click away […]
Ranthambore Tiger Tales – Cycle Day 3
Is any further explanation really required? We came. We cycled. We saw a tiger. Or, at least half of us did. When you are staying in one of the largest […]
Knights in Shining Lycra – Cycle Day 2
It’s a 70km ride up hill and down dale today. Well, up one hill and down one hill. No dales. The hill came upon us early on which was a […]
Fat Bottomed Girls Ride Their Bicycles – Cycle Day 1
Finally the day dawns. We have come 4200 miles from London to cycle through Rajasthan from Jaipur to Agra. This is what I’m excited about. The group are probably pretty […]
A Variety of Departures
Since my last ‘I’m loving India’ post there has been drama and intrigue, and the group has been irrevocably (but not unwelcomely) split forever. The day we departed Delhi started […]
India, Again
Stepping out of the arrivals gate at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport lulls you into a false sense of security. Costa coffee greets you immediately and you think ‘ooooh not […]
And the Adventure Begins
Well, I’m here in Heathrow T4 with a gin. It was gin or coffee, and so after no thought at all I headed into Cafe Rouge for what I suspect […]
Packed and Ready
The time has come. It’s the Sunday before I leave for India and today is packing day. I am lucky in as much as by packing today Nige will bring […]
Lack-lustre Cycle Training and a Dash of Complacency
Oh dear me, cycle training for the Rajasthan adventure has been severe hard work this time. I’m looking back with incredulity at the 2011 me and the effort I put […]
Two Nomadic Brits 