Rain

There were two periods of rain in the night,  one so heavy as it thundered on the tin roof that it startled us. SF is discovering the joys of putting on clammy clothes, and of wash thst never quite dries.

Technical Difficulties

I have been posting a few pictures almost every day but with slow Internet connection the postings have failed. Hopefully the posts will go through one of these days.

SF and I have kept busy this week, she with helping out in classrooms and I with archives work. We've also been doing a lot of walking..about 1 1/2 miles each way to the school plus the sharp uphill climb from Tehri Road to the guest house.

Ivy Bank

Some pictures on a cloudy morning. We woke to a lot of thunder at 5 am. The garden, building, and rooms are our accommodation at Ivy Bank. The little garden is a wonderful place to look out at the view .. 360 degrees from the hillside to the north, to the rising sun peeking ovrr the top of the hill, to the Tehri hills, Witch's Hill, the Dun valley and the town of Mussoorie to the west.

Chakkar

After last night's rain, this morning was clear enough to show the Dun and the Siwaliks beyond. SF and I walked up to the chakkar (road going around the 3 crests at the top of the hill). The snows were not visible, but we could see the Nag Tibba range. Much to S's delight we saw a lot of both rhesus and langour monkeys. We stopped at Prakash's store and bought a few things, and then went on to Rokeby's for lunch.

A few more classmates have arrived so we had a nice visit and dinner together.

The picture is of what we called a Bible fern ... usually one of the first kinds to dry up at the end of the monsoons.

Bazaar day

We walked into the bazaar today. I was just going to go as far as SF felt like walking, and we ended up going all the way to Library Bazaar (ca 4 miles). We took our time along the way with stops at Goel Stores, Ram Chanders, Hamers, and Cambridge Book Depot; then had lunch and took a taxi back to the top of Mullingar. The clouds have moved in and Witch's Hill is barely visible.

Morning at Woodstock

We went to the school this morning to check in in the alumni office and see people. I was able to greet many of the staff whom I've gotten to know over the last 6 years. We also ate lunch on the newly remodeled and magnificent dining room.

Landaur again

SF and i made it to Landaur. The Shatabdi trin was about 90 minutes late getting in to Dehra Dun, but the driver from Kulwant's was waiting for us.

Landaur is cool and cloudy right now.