Well, our quest to find Kathmandu's best food continues unabated. We now have two favourite restaurants, where the average price of a meal is around 250 rupees, less than two pounds - for us both... But it's not all eating here. Yesterday, we had the most AMAZING experience. We took an early morning 'mountain flight' with Buddha Air from Kathmandu out to the Himalayas on a round trip scenic flight, and were trated to absolutely spectacualr views of the mountain r...

Well, after months in the planning, I have finally arrived in Kathmandu , and am having an absolute ball. I have totally gone into travel mode, work and Britain seems like SUCH a long time ago. It's a great feeling! I am just taking it easy here, because things will be hectic when we hit the road on Sunday, and for at least the two weeks after that. Hooked up with two of Team Elastic People at the airport and came into town with them. We dumped our stuff and hea...

We are both absolutely delighted to welcome Tunnocks on board as sponsors of Loony Lassis. When I was young, I loved their Snowballs, but now, without doubt, it's their Caramel Wafers I make a beeline for. We very much appreciate their generosity. Not only that, but today we made our debut in the local paper, the Bristol Evening Post: check out their article here!!! Ok, so she got my name wrong - I am NOT 'Penny'!! - three times, suggested the TukFest fundraisers...

It was with some trepidation that Sharon and I headed over to Southampton yesterday. The drive down turned into a bit of a team meeting - great to catch up on how both pub collections last weekend went - very positive feedback - we are very grateful to the kind citizens of Bristol for their generosity. Of course, there was much nervous laughter - which often descends into cackling and near hysteria when we actually stop and think about the adventure which lies ah...

This weekend sees many of the teams heading to Southampton to learn how to drive/not crash* (*delete as appropriate) our vehicle of choice, the auto rickshaw. I seemed to know very little about them, though hopefully after this weekend, my knowledge will have increased, if only slightly. I decided to do a quick internet search and discovered the following... The rickshaw : Gross vehicle weight: 610 kilograms Overall length: 2625 mm Overall width: 1300 mm Overall ...