Well Raj has finally arrived in the UK. In fact he's been here for 2 weeks now! He has already been to Bexhill (for a friends wedding) and then to Croydon to stay with Margaret (who Raj stayed with when he lived in the UK).Raj came to us in Hereford last Sunday (27.5) and has had a really busy week.....
We have been to 2 outdoor pursuit centres in Hereford. This one is Taste for Adventure (TfA) where a friend of ours work (that's Sam on the right). We hope to be able to get Sam (and some colleagues) out to India when it's time to build the centre there....
Sam also gave us the nod about some cheap (full size) plans for building canoes that were going cheap on E Bay. We bid for them and won!!! So Raj returns to India with a full set of plans and instructions for building 14ft canoes - something he has wanted for ages......
Raj also went out caving for the day in the Black Mountains with a TfA team. Here's a couple of pics of TfA:
We have spent some time with the leaders at Christian Life Centre (where we go to Church) as we are looking at building a stronger link with them. We also met with about 30 of our friends (from CLC) for a chance to get to know Raj better. These are all really crucial links....
Friday am we went out to BODS , a Christian outdoor centre and spent sometime with Ben there (that's Ben below left). Raj had a great time at both these centres who offer very different models of outdoor centres for Raj to consider.....
Here's a couple of pics of BODS and Ben (on left) who works there). Again we hope to link with some of the BODS team when we need a group to go to India so these have all bee great contacts to make.Later in the day (after being at BODS) we all went for a Kayak down the River Wye and had a great day as the weather was great.
Again here are some pics:
