Going to India again! You need your head examined!

And so, having spent New Year in hospital having my head thoroughly examined we are nearly ready for the off. (No, it wasnt the drink, it was a genuinely extremely rare, medical condition. I suffered a temporary loss of memory and didn't even know that I was going to India. At least I now know that my head is in perfect working order.)

In Inverness the weather is bleak with intermittent rain and snow, icey streets and freezing winds. We are heading first of all for a beautiful beach in Kerela for a spot of R&R and then joining the G Adventures India Encompassed tour which departs from Delhi on the 25th January. India in all its glory - heat and dust, colour, spices, food, noise, thronging masses, full sensory assault, grandure and majesty, grinding poverty, hope and ambition.

Bring it all on!