I fly on 2nd Feb 2010 from Heathrow to Delhi and then on from there to Kathmandu, which we reach on the afternoon of 3rd Feb. Nxt day we meet with the staff of socialtours who run the orphanage to be briefed on our duties. That evening we are taken out for dinner.

Our daily work will be from 9am till 4pm, Mon-fri each wek.

There will be time off especially at weekends to explore Kathmandu and the surrounding area, and even a chance of flying to Pokhara, a town that lies in the foothills of th Annapurnna range of the Himalayas. My two colleagues at the orphanage will be Irene from Malvern and margaret from Surrey We meet up at Heathrow next month. Both seem very nice. Irene was a nurse and midwife, Margaret a nursery trainer. We shall I am sure make a ggod team.

More later.