  Day2- July6 Sonder to Hanzal (yellow line on map) The Route of the Great Trek from Kishtwar to Baltal It was not such an early start this day as Om and myself were enjoying each others company over breakfast on … Continue reading →
Day one -the 5th July  Kishtwar to Sonder (red for road travel, blue for trek) Preamble: I am writing this at Dr. Masood Shah’s home in Srinagar after completing a 7 day trek from/to as labelled above. This trek is … Continue reading →
If you want a little theme music try this by Johnny Cash. We think this might be sort of appropriately light hearted for what was a very deadly day. A song by Johnny Cash. On  December 12th, 2006 Scamander and surrounds … Continue reading →
After the four floods the old spillway was severely eroded. Some of the gabions had broken up and fallen into the new ravine. The side walls had collapsed and concrete overlays had collapsed. A complete rethink was necessary and advice … Continue reading →
 Four floods between January and April. To be specific 12-13 January 237mm, 19 February 125mm, 24 March 162mm, and 13 April 140mm. These are from our raingauge readings and may be more than a 24hour period but obstensibly it gives you a … Continue reading →
What a year, now up to the fourth flood and maybe more rain coming. The ground is saturated and we still haven’t been able to get an excavator to repair the spillway which handles the overflow from the dam. Consequently the … Continue reading →
Hi everyone. Aimee and Pete were married on the 26th February. What a great wedding. The wedding was held at Bicheno Church with the reception at Mt. Paul near Freycinet. Many thanks to the Wyminga’s for the loan of the … Continue reading →
19th February ground already saturated from previous deluge. Another 100mm in about 4 hours caused a repeat of the damage of the first flood. Further damage to spillway although cleanup in anticipation reduced the damage in surrounds. Roads a mess … Continue reading →
380mm of rain in 36 hours or over 200mm in 12 hours. I have never seen so much rain. We go to bed after some rain all day but nothing extraordinary and wake up to find the valley flooded. All … Continue reading →
Well another year nearly gone. Our picking team celebrating after many days of picking raspberries together. A couple missing from this photo. (Ian and Catarina). From left to right Michael, Daniel(back), Adam, Catherine, Nicol , Tommo and Nick. This years … Continue reading →