PERHAPS OUT LAST VISIT TO INDIA

Having spent days trying to sort out the new Indian E tourist visa I realise it's all a bit of a scam and the only way you can do it is to pay an agency, this has been a similar situation with Bangladesh, Algeria etc, they really don't want to deal with punters direct and it just puts India in a bad light and causes frustration. Reading the reviews on trip Adviser I quickly realised I was just one of thousands who had battled on ruining their weekend or health trying to do the impossible. Even if you bash your way through it all you'll fall at the last hurdle trying to pay for it. Actually all the countries which want visas are just a hassle you don't need. There are plenty where its not required or just a payment and stamp on arrival, that covers a multitude of countries who actually want you to come and visit and spend your hard earned cash there. At least China involved a quick trip to Manchester, an easy to complete form and going back to pick it up.

Thus with my duties at church this morning, filming for the instructional feature on the duties of warden and sidespersons and right through to clearing up etc the morning was gone. I did a little bit on the new Southdown DVD and am actually getting towards the end of the images, just the sound to complete then it was on to the visa fiasco and into the evening. Not that the weather outside would have been welcoming to me as it's rained for days now, I had to drop off some paperwork on the way back this morning and roads all around the village back ways are flooded. The outlook for the next couple of days remains pretty bleak, I'm planning on resuming filming on Wednesday although I haven't checked the prospects today yet. I'm looking forwards to doing more lorry films asap although the bus side has been pretty painless thus far. We are just having a pizza for dinner and Mandy is making a rice pudding. A bit of a fuzzy head this morning after dinner with Emma, Kath and Keith last night, Phil it turned out was at a Latham family men's reunion! Sam is now a PMP fan well into trucks and now he has some magazines to prove it. Not that many DVD orders coming through today so perhaps an easy start in the morning. Just in case I actually get to India here are some shots from previous visits.