41. Convinced I was going to die on my first Himalayan trek to altitude, being revived by a Mars bar. The mud-icicles the next morning.
42. Two gems half way through a 24 day trek through Zanskar: fresh apricots and finding I was fitter than everyone except Roger!
43. Crossing a straw-woven wire bridge to have tea with the King of Zangla.
44. Laura, aged 8 months on her first holiday, eating sandy seaweed on a beach in Paphos.
45. Walking to Crypt Lake, Alberta, 17 Km, with the girls, 8 & 10, Amy way ahead as we'd suggested she might not manage the whole distance. The unreal colour of the lake, seeing a humming bird over the glacier, stumbling on a small Kalmia.
46. "Sensible boots" when walking on steep or cliff-top paths
47. Sri Lanka: Amy's blond curls intriguing the locals; struggling with anti-malarials; the rimless swimming pool overlooking Sigiriya.
48. Borneo: orang utans, the smell of the bat cave, staying in the jungle lodge David Attenborough had used while filming, giant pitcher plants.
49. Clare&Rosey's first sight of Kathmandu: disbelief then delight.
50. The smell of Daphne bholua in a blizzard near Gorapani, the blue corrugated iron roofs and hot chocolate.
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