Just 3 days to go and my bag is all packed.
I said I was going to travel light and I am....I just didn't recon with the weight of the suitcase before it was packed! I'll swear it's heavier than the contents and the 23kg allowance from British Airways isn't an awful lot when most of it is taken up with retractable wheels and a chassis that's solid enought to do the Paris Dakkar rally!

We fly at 3.15pm from Heathrow and get in to Delhi at 5am. I've arranged airport pick-up with the hotel we are booked in for the night... "  www.smyleinn.com
Smyle Inn, Neat  rooms, warm service, all smyles"...  Rachel who runs TOLFA has arranged a taxi to pick us up at 9.30 the following morning for the 8 hour drive to Pushkar where we will be staying for the time we are volunteering and she will meet us for dinner that evening. She suggested taking the following day to acclimatise and get to know the town before we start work which isn't a bad idea as everyone who has been there when the camel fair is on says it's manic!

My friend Hilary may be coming to the airport with us as her husband  Will has been in Hawaii for a couple of months, filming rocks, or American scientists getting over-excited about rocks or something like that. He flies in to Heathrow about 11.30 so they can pick him up at the same time. Meanwhile, Brenda flies in from Manchester at 11am and has to leg it from Terminal 1 to Terminal 4 in time to meet up with us.
Those of you with an eye on the carbon footprint will be glad to know that we planted about 1/2 mile of hedge and about 30 Lime, Scots Pine and Rowan trees this spring so that should just about off-set all this gadding about as long as I never fly anywhere else, ever again, ever!