India Diaries of Dorothy Berry: A Life of Unwavering Faith by Trisha Berry

Author:Trisha Berry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brown Dog Books and The Self-Publishing Partnership

Negotiating Landslides

MONDAY

More excitement – Ron nearly passed out!

We set off in brilliant sunshine through a shimmering world – water sparkled, mica glinted in the rocks, bright leaves swung on the trees – it was really glorious. The eight miles to Singhik was just long enough after our double march of the day before. Ann and I arrived at 11 a.m. and proceeded to write out a posh menu to try to disguise the fact that our rations were a little meagre. All the others soon came, but Ron arrived with a Nepali escort, suffering from a terrible backache and having gone dizzy and passed out in a shallow stream where he had lain for an hour with leeches crawling over him. We put him to bed and spent the rest of the day lazily.

The menu gives some idea of what we ate on treks. Everything had to be taken with us and very little tinned food was available in India. The milk was powdered and the bread was by now a mass of mould which has to be cut off, leaving a small, edible centre.

Lunch

Singhik salad

Corned beef or cheese

Ginger nuts

Tea

Tea

Sikkim pancakes

Toast bahut chhota (very small)

Jam

Biscuits

Tea

Supper

Dhal soup à la Kanchenjunga (i.e. plus veg)

Vista Fish Palau

Beans deluxe à la fromage (we are fed up with these runner beans now)

Steamed honey pudding à la beehive

(This boiled too quickly and was renamed honey fudge)

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