Well we have make it safely through check-in thanks to Rose the Heathrow volunteer who was an absolute Godsend helping us through check-in and baggage drop. No real hiccups at security although the lady did double take when George produced a video projector from his hand luggage. We have run the gauntlet of duty-free and I discovered that I can have a Heston Blumethal breakfast from The Perfectionist Cafe. Just waiting to board so the next update will be from Ind...

Well we were all at the college at 6am. All that is except Dan and the minibus who has taken a magical mystery tour around Mendip due to one of those extremely untimely road closures. The next thing was for Dan to play Spider-Man clambering around on the roof of the bus stowing some of the huge amount of luggage we appear to be taking - more of that to come but suffice it to say most of us are leaving at least one case behind. The students piled aboard and I went...

I am preparing to travel to India in a little under two weeks time to support a group of students from Strode College on a cultural visit to the Mathieson Music School on the outskirts of Kolkata. I am hoping for a small amount of access to the internet in order to be able to post a blog of our trip.