Dinner Night

As a welcome break from the Air Campaign planning exercise, joint D Division held a dinner night in the Officer's Mess.  While a little more stiff than a british dinner night, we had a good time - despite the small glasses of wine!

Mountain Biking in Wellington

Now that the bikes have arrived we have started to use them to explore the local area - the downhills are great, but the uphills.........

Thank goodness for mountain bikes with lots of gears!

School Starts

The 3 Amigos - Tom during his first day at his new school, Hebron in Ooty.

Our Big Expedition

Following a busy week and working until 2100 hrs on a Saturday night (!) we stayed locally on Sunday and bushwhacked through the local tea plantation to the the top of our nearest hill.  It gave us some great views over the surrounding area and a great walk down through the tea plantations.

Elephant Hunting - pass me my number 11 elephant gun.....

 We travelled to Mudumalai Tiger Reserve north of Ooty in order to hunt elephants...with our camera!

Trekking in the Tea Gardens

Thomas enjoyed exploring the tea gardens on the edge of the Nilgiris Mountains.

Dhobi Village

Here are a few photos of Dhobi Village, which is the area where all the local laundry is hand washed in a small stream and then hung up to dry on long, snaking washing lines.

My Beautiful Wife

Here is a picture of my beautiful wife wearing her sari to an evening of entertainment by the College (very) Amateur Dramatics Society.  Despite her very mature demeanour, Hazel had to stuff my hanky in her mouth to stop herself giggling at some of the acts!