I walk each day and meet more friends .. people, cats and lots of dogs.
There’s lots hereabouts and not just in the shops.
To photograph than to buy
It’s cheaper
At last …
I find my way up the hill after four weeks.
Up and up
Which hill? …
But what a great view from the top … towards Hepworth
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The littlest one
Hebden Bridge
Our pizza supper.
Hebden Bridge is where Liz, Ben and I moved to from London in 1986
It’s a wonderful small mill town in West Yorkshire in the Pennine hills, famous for its cotton cloth (and hippies).
Pitru Paksha
Shared love and shining memories of Manjula, Lucie and Ina, whose love remains with us.
Thank you to Sowbhagya and Satish, for remembering and honouring our precious family.
While I’m not at home.
Footnote from the Internet.
Pitru Paksha is a 15-to-16-day Hindu observance dedicated to honouring departed ancestors through sacred rituals, prayers, and food offerings.
Fountains Abbey
I first visited age 10 with my very first camera, last time was with my amazing wife MAnjula.
I carry these photographs with me whenever I travel, and introduce her to more people and places.
I was visiting Kali and Nick in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. They first visited us in Mysore in the early years of the B and B. We followed up with a visit to them ten years ago.
Today, our adventure was to …
…visit Fountains Abbey again (an amazing place).
And Fountains Hall
Wonderful place to visit
Thank you to Kali and Nick for a lovely visit to your home and spend interesting, entertaining times together.
Knaresborough and Mother Shipton.
New Yorkshire Friends
Welcome to Hepworth
… in West Yorkshire, near Holmfirth
Where I find kind friends, beautiful countryside, friendly people with funny Yorkshire accents, great pubs and villages, my favourite beer, challenging hill walks and where it’s a tad cooler than London.
and some oddities
and cows in fields, so unlike South India.
Thanks to Ray and Annie
for housing a hobo from India..,
I’ll be here for a few weeks before applying for a new visa for India, my adopted home.
Last of the wine
Last of the Summer Wine .. is a famous TV comedy series filmed in and around Holmfirth.
Photos from the series.
Annie introduced me to one of the three local pubs that are featured on the programme.
… for a drink and to mix with the locals
They have great photos and posters
First Class
Train to Sheffield
So Stephen why first class?
Comfy seat, crisps, orange juice and cake, followed by cream tea: scone/jam/cream, cup of tea and biscuit.
It’s called a no-brainer.
I also escaped a ‘snow’ storm.
What’s not to like?
And these two great characters.
Ganesh
Ganesh the remover of obstacles is an important part of our life in Mysore.
Each year at Ganesh Chaturthi we bring Ganesh into our home for Puja and after a few days take him to the Kaveri river by Srirangapatnam
Thank you to Satish and Naveen for accompanying Ganesh to the river today, as we have every year after setting up home in Mysore
Ganesh is also known to create opportunities which on the surface seem to be obstacles for us to meet, learn, develop and grow.
I’m learning…
We hope he’ll help me return to my home in January.
Thank you Sowbhagya for organising.
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Internet info
paschimavahini
Is where we take him. It’s also featured on our cycle tour.
Paschimavahini is a sacred site near Srirangapatna in Karnataka, India, where the Cauvery River briefly flows westward.
I immersed Manjula’s ashes here.
Significance and Sacred Rituals
Geography: A westward-flowing stretch of a major river is considered rare and highly auspicious in Hindu tradition.
Ancestral Rites: It is a major pilgrimage destination where families gather to perform final rites and immerse the ashes (shraddha) of deceased loved ones into the holy waters.
Mythology: Puranas mention the site as holy, noting that taking a ritual dip here helps wash away sins and grants spiritual liberation (moksha).
