Christmas in Bardia National Park with Mel Cash (ISRM founder & SHN Member), Cedric Jeanson (SHN Trustee) and Stefi Addetta (ISRM Tutor). Since Cedric and Mel both happened to come to Nepal at the same time, and we are all connected with Seeing Hands, we took a trip together to Bardia (one of Nepal's more remote National Parks) with the hope of seeing tigers. Sadly the big cats eluded us but we had a great time in the jungle all the same, and stunning scenery on the way back to Pokhara, via Lumbini.

Mel and Stefi also spent a few days teaching both the students in Kathmandu and the therapists in Pokhara during their stay in Nepal and were particularly impressed with their skill levels. Mel helped us to devise a 30 minute remedial massage routine to suit runners taking part in the Annapurna 100km race on New Year's Day (which SHN supported with discounts for participants). The therapists who treated the runners also got a good education on what a calf muscle feels like after a 100km race (like stone apparently!).