Vasanth and Sowbaghya are helping liaise with Sam whose team have taken on the job.
He couldn’t quite understand why I wished to preserve the number plate, as it is.
Probably no one else did either.
It’s now a piece of artistic memory in the upstairs lounge.
Ok some might say it’s just extra tat but it is part of our story.
Wonderful visitors from India, Nepal, Germany, Netherlands, USA, and a fair few from the disunited kingdom including a special guest from Hebden Bridge, (my home town before Mysore. )
The beauty appear when she returns?
Maybe we could go for the Lady Penelope look.
I wonder how MAnjula would vote
Sometimes Featured on our Srirangapatnam Cycle tour as it relates to the 4th war of Mysore.
It’s considered to be the first English Detective Novel.
Sharpe’s Tipu
Stefan from Germany asked how often I visit this hotel.
Less than 30 mins walk from mysore BnB it’s an obvious place to walk Lucie and drop in for a drink.
It’s a wonderful place.
Fact is it’s infrequently that I visit
When guests are into the idea and I show the way, and Lucie appreciates the walk.
But what a fab place.
The velvet padded roof from inside has been retained and brought back home. Later we’ll decide if it can be repaired and used.
The seats, floor covers, windows, window mechanisms are all now here, so they’re less likely to get lost or damaged.
Our new team member, whose team will do the work, seems detailed enough, checking each step of the way. The carburettor needs replacing, the battery will be shifted as part of installing disc brakes.
In the nicest possible way.
Cycling and yoga guests from Germany, students from Kaliyuvamane, more cyclists from warm showers, and celebrating my birthday.
Not satisfied with one, here’s number two
Kaveri and I appearing yet again.
Her alter ego altered from Christmas girl to Elfie.
This time for the 100 children at her school Kaliyuvamane.
Elfie leaped ahead, to translate the mumbles of Santa to explain the most important gift we can give is at no cost, which is to care and be kind.
We jointly prepared 100 bags of sweets for the students.
A great opportunity to apply the times tables (bits of them anyway) working out systems to fill them, fold them, then pile and pack them.
Adam Smith would have been proud of our ingenuity and innovation.
A combo of system, specialism and adaptability. Ok it’s small and simple but helped me realise —- Doing projects is the learning way forward.
So I could explain that there are thousands of us helping share his caring message, as there’s too many daytime events for him to get round them all, all at once. I’ve never met him I just get requests to appear so I don’t know if he’s real or not.
Don’t ask me how he manages go fill so many stockings in one night.
As Kaveri doesn’t get a holiday from school our Christmas Day is postponed to New Year’s Eve, when she’ll be on Sunday holiday. Coincidentally it’s someone else’s birthday.
I’m helping out at Kaliyuvamane, the alternative ‘free’ school where Kaveri attends.
Our morning session with members of the teaching team
Then I was hijacked by Kaveri and some of her classmates
to cover a lesson as their teacher was on leave
Did someone set me up?🤭🤔🤪
It was an education! To put it mildly. I now promise to properly prepare for when a similar situation arises again.
I’ve facilitated workshops for adults for many years — that’s nothing compared to working with young people.
I realise what a challenging job the teachers have and how difficult it is to make a class interesting and responsive to the diverse needs of the students. ….. as a one off, let alone day-in-day-out!!!
Well done all.
It was a fab day, helping me realise I’m right to support Kaveri and now the school itself to meet the needs of 100 children.
All in Manjula’s name
For those in it, who’ve met that new lifelong friend or just want to know a bit more, there’s tons of my reactions and reflections on this site.
I’ve also found this ted talk which is good
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Me and MYCycle 