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First move.

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Into the new house.

Shifting Manjula’s library to our new house. The team were fab.

Manjula loved the joke

After acknowledging a job well done —— we realised the light switch was trapped behind the shelves.

The gods are nevertheless happy

Celebrating later at home.

Factoid

We opened Manjula’s library after her spirit left for its search.

She’d joked that my constantly bringing books home would lead to her setting up the house as a library when I stop guiding tours at age 75.

So as we never reached there together I set it up in her memory

And now it’s the first bit to establish itself at the new house.

Busy first day of February

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An annual treat which passes through our community.

First stages of moving house after Florian came round to help plan.

Kaveri combining the Indian love of noodles and everything K.

Maïlis and Sowbaghya followed up Maria’s Italian treat with more delicious pasta and fab salad.

Yesterday we visited Radhika and her new baby in hospital. I’m not allowed to post photos but mum and baby are doing great.

Advertising cycle trailer for sale

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Excludes flex, cycle and cat

https://extrawheel.com/products/advertising-bicycle-trailer/

New unused, for sale. Imported from Europe. Current retail price equivalent of 30,000 Rs available for 12,000 Rs or nearest offer. 

Our other trailer has been used for weddings, promoting business and memorials.

See and collect from Stephen Mysore Bed and Breakfast Siddarthanagar.

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Reason for sale.. . Moving house and this is an extra one we bought for our cycle tour business and never used.

Students thriving through their art.

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Kaliyuvamane students do it again with a wonderful performance at the Bahuroopi national theatre festival held in Mysore.

Rajesh Madhava has spent over a year working with the students on a range of projects.

Their confidence and communication improving dramatically.

Fantastic!

Kaveri with mum Chandrika.

Missing her friends and this great teaching. Well done to all the students and their teacher/facilitator Rajesh Madhava

Check out their wonderful school.

honey puppy wants a home

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Friendly lovely honey puppy looking for a home.

We’re regretfully looking for a new home for Gingee and we’ll be very sad for her to go.

It was a mistake to adopt two dogs (Stephen’s idea!). It’s too much for us as well as our business (BnB and cycle tours) and looking after Kaveri.

Kaveri with Gingee and Luca.

Gingee is a great character. She’s had all her jabs (inoculations) and comes complete with lead, collar, bed and additional vet fees to sterilise her.

We’re in Siddarthanagar at Mysore Bed and Breakfast.

Do come and meet her and see if she can join your family. All injections are completed, with collar, lead and bed. Plus some food and vets bills covered. We’re in siddarthanagar in Mysore

Juggling the duties has proven too much. We can manage one!!

Luca we’re keeping as he’s the image of my lovely Lucie who died last year.

Gingee is a honey colour.

Recent guests of Mysore Bed and Breakfast, from Germany, playing with the dogs.
Kaveri with Luca and Gingee
When first adopted, a few weeks ago.

New Year’s Day

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Thank you Hema for arranging the young generation to join me on a mycycle tour.

Hema has already joined both a Srirangapatnam and Mysore Tour. I obviously hadn’t messed up as she returned with more of the family.

Fab!

Great to meet and spend time together … Harsh, Mitali and
Joshua.

A lovely mix of US and India

I am so grateful …

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That I met MAnjula and we set up a home together which we’ve now shared with hundreds from around India and the wide wide world.

Here’s the latest comments from our guests.

As you see it’s very much a communal home which constantly changes as our wonderfully diverse guests join the family.

and Manjula’s presence is still very much appreciated.

Our new star — Kaveri— really connects with our guests.

Kaveri returns home

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Kaveri has been with us for Christmas week.

She had a holiday from school on Christmas day itself.

Opening presents and playing games

Fun with the dogs

We all enjoyed meeting our guests from Germany and had a visit from Radhika

Kaveri created a windmill as a project for school.

Well done Kaveri and it was wonderful to have you stay for the week.

I’ll miss you.

December

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Has been fun as usual.

Kaveri visits alternate weeks

Guests to Mysore and Srirangapatnam — holidaying and touring

Some taking souvenirs

Some reminding us of past times and my beautiful

Plus the terrors getting bigger by the day ..

and as we approach Christmas itself (when Kaveri gets a paltry one day holiday) our lovely German families start the festivities a day early 🤭