“Take some wet wipes”

That’s the advice of a mate who’s travelled around india. I guess they’d  better be biodegradable.  Can’t one exist just on Pranha and lassis? Oh well – three packets ordered from Amazon. Air temperature in Delhi looks to be 21C,  a decent summer’s day here and double what it is outside, despite the mildest solstice on record and blossom…

Helluva stable

I fly to new Delhi Tuesday week, that was a mistake. I was heading for Mumbai, but somehow got diverted in the process of booking a flight. From a mate’s prompting, I’ve now sorted out visa, currency card, typhoid jab, and reserved one of  “Yes Please’s” rooms for the first few nights. (Air Bnb is developing into a really useful…

Planning a trip to India

A friend suggested keeping an account of this trip to India, so, to avoid scattering musings around like eggs in a farmyard, this old blog rides again. An account of two halves separated by a six year gap. More often than not, work can be a tough compromise, a tedious trade to keep a crust…

Underachieving boys – early years development

A quick trawl unearthed this primary national strategy for supporting boys’ achievements. The desirability of getting more chaps involved in early years education is alluded to twice when practitioners are invited to reflect on ~ “How do you encourage men to work in the early years? Do you, for example, discuss this with other colleagues from…