I don’t want to pretend that the country is perfect. No country is. But their desire to preserve their culture, the spirituality at the heart of all they do, and most importantly, the kindness they’ve shown, is beautiful. We’ve still got three nights left but I already know I’ll come back.

Some of these crafts take 9 years to study before you’re fully qualified. And the end result is amazing. Even in our little home stay, the walls are adorned with hand painting imagery. Who needs to buy art when your house is a work of art in itself!

What’s inspired me most is the craft. From beautiful handwoven fabrics, to intricately carved wooden masks and adornments, to hand sewn outfits and incredible paintings. Most come from the Buddhist tradition, from elaborate scripts in paintings, to masks used for ritual dances by monks.

Next is the stunning landscape. If you’re used to the Alps (like I am) you don’t expect trees above 2000ish metres. Here, the airport is located well above that and still the mountains are covered in thick forest. The snow line is above 6,000m in places!

The first thing you notice is how Buddhism is at the centre of the country. In the same way you may find road shrines in Italy, here you find prayer wheels and flags, and stupas and temples all over. And they’re still building more! (2/?)

Oh god a substation data question... 😂

I must say, I assume it's a Low Voltage substation though I am not sure. The demand and supply is monitored inconsistently (putting it generously) across substations. Definitions even vary on what constitutes a substation! (www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-so...)

I suppose so!

Awww lovely. I haven’t done that walk since we did that together!

I love parkrun so do it as much as you can, we’ve build a great community at rising sun parkrun. Well come run with you one day at Morpeth if you fancy though!

Ooh what’s your local?

Yeah it was beautiful! And I had the mental images in my head from our lovely walk - definitely one I’ll be doing again!

These are amazing!