Over the years, January and February have typically been quieter months in terms of workload so I usually plan a trip and escape the damp, grey humdrum of the London winter. For some unknown reason, 2016 kicked off in an unusually busy fashion so my scheduled 12 days of travel in India came as a welcome respite. It's the first time I've visited India and despite speaking to friends and doing the usual online research, it was difficult to decide exactly where to explore in

I promised myself that I would I post more frequent updates on this blog in 2016 and yet I haven't done anything in over 2 weeks! I fly to India in the morning in search of tigers and kingfishers (and I'm not talking about the local beer) so here's some crazy fire stuff I did last week! Living with a fire-breathing circus freak means I meet some pretty interesting people. This week we've had 2 incredible fire performers from Australia staying with us (Shade Flamewater and B