Stacks of timber in a forest.
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On the way to Chaini: Deborah Wolton and two West Himalayan Holidays men.
Chaini: Distant view of the towers through the trees.
Chaini: Shoes at the foot of the staircase up to the tower.
Saraj, Chaini: All three buildings.
Near Jibbhi Forest Rest House, view towards Jalori Pass. Cosmos flowers in the foreground.
Near Jibbhi Forest Rest House.
Contact sheet VOL VI 8 2008
Prini Ropa: One of the two fire escapes this one from the veranda to ground level closed off a few years later.
Prini Ropa: The sitting room.
Prini Ropa: The attic room, with white and blue curtains, as in the ‘gompa’.
Prini Ropa: Corner of the house from the kitchen side. Note the dressed stone and timber – ‘deodar’ bonding. The lower window leads into the store, and the upper window leads into the visitors’ bathroom. (Film slip error: verandah at the bottom of the picture).
Prini Ropa: The kitchen building. The ‘thalis’ etc. are laid out to dry on the stone table (Karma brought the stone from Sainj). Benches by the table and ‘charpois’ to relax on.
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Prini Ropa: The front door.
Prini Ropa: Detail of the flagstones around the base that Karma brought from Sainj. The kitchen building is in the background.
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Prini Ropa: The fire escape, as mentioned in 6.8.2, from the kitchen side. Note the verandah carving detail.
Prini Ropa: Through the window, deodar timber supporting the verandah.
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Near Dera Gopipur. Sunni Devi at winter camp. Mungal Singh in the middle.
a typical Kangra house, with Mandi slate roof
Traditional house near Baijnath (Kangra)
Miyar Valley. Gaddi summer pasture.
‘rath’ sitting at the mela ground beside the Jamlu temple above Prini
Kangra near Baijnath. Christina.
Sunni Devi. Gaddi friend.
Colour print of Rahul, Tara, Boura, Singh Sunita’s mother & Pabchok on top of the Shingo-La pass, on Prince Charles & Lady Diana’s wedding day. At the top of the Phitse-La.
British Travellers in the Himalayas. Reproduction of lithograph from India Office Library & Records, titled ‘Stone House at Manikaran – Parbutti Valley’
Not Christina’s photo. The Kullu -Mandi gorge Road 1976.
Not Christina’s photo. Kullu-Mandi gorge.
Not Christina’s photo. Below Nagar. Rice terrace.
Cover of West Himalayas brochure. The photo is Miyar, a Gaddi summer camp at Gompa, above Thanpattan. Goats and sheep. The young shepherd is churning ‘lassi’ for ghi, in a sheepskin.
Side A: Two sides of a document. A photocopy of a route map of the Western Himalayas, published by Surveyor General of India in 1907. Difficult to read. You can make out what John Keay and I intended to be our route between Simla and Srinagar, but it would not have been realistic to try to follow the route by this map.
On Side B
(7.17) there are some details of contacts and addresses, we hoped that some of our important contacts – Lalit Sen, Raja of Suket and a congress stalwart, and Ahok Nehru son of BK Nehru were going to help us gain permit to cross the ‘Inner Line’ into Lahaul. It didn’t happen.
Side B: Two sides of a document. Details of contacts and addresses, we hoped that some of our important contacts – Lalit Sen, Raja of Suket and a congress stalwart, and Ahok Nehru son of BK Nehru were going to help us gain permit to cross the ‘Inner Line’ into Lahaul. It did n’t happen.
Side A
(7.16) is a photocopy of a route map of the Western Himalayas, published by Surveyor General of India in 1907. Difficult to read. You can make out what John Keay and I intended to be our route between Simla and Srinagar, but it would not have been realistic to try to follow the route by this map.
The Kulu Trekking agency, my first brochure, 4 pages. Among the practical details of there is nice description of Kulu as it was then ‘An Introduction to Kulu Valley’.
The photo (1.39.9) is of our camp below the Nikora Pass.
‘In Grandmother’s Footsteps’ an article illustrated with my photographs , in Welcome Aboard, BOAC’s on board magazine. I’m in the illustrious company of James Morris and Delia Smith. ‘CCN Noble and John Keay do what their ancestors did – trek with some heroism, in the Himalayan foothills and then compare notes with them’
Country Life September 1978: ‘Unconventional Travellers’ 19th Century British Travellers in the Himalayas
Country Life September 1978: ‘Unconventional Travellers’ 19th Century British Travellers in the Himalayas
Evening Standard Travel Notes describing West Himalayan Holiday Organised ‘Venturing’ led by CCN
West Himalayan Holidays Brochure
West Himalayan Holidays Brochure
West Himalayan Holidays Brochure
West Himalayan Holidays Brochure
