Home at last

I finally managed to get home around 8.30am yesterday morning - what a relief. I feel in something of "cultural overload land" having gone from everything we saw in China to the completely different environment of India.
 
Some of the scenes on the coach from Delhi to Agra on Tuesday and then the return on Friday were truly enlightening and once again I found myself focussing on how fortunate I am. It is great to be back home, but I had real support from Paul (my boss) and the rest of his leadership team for what we all achieved on the trek which was very reassuring. They even raised an extra £120 in sponsorship for us. 
 
It's been really good to be able to spend some time looking at the pictures on the blog, bringing back some fantastic memories. It's also been fascinating to read the comments made by the team since we've come back and the emails that were going around last week were great. I am convinced that some period of reflection is required. What we achieved and experienced as a group within such a short space of time does not come along very often and I firmly believe that not only what we did, but how we did it was something special. Clearly it is important to focus now on things at home - family, job etc - but I don't feel that I either can or wish to, just put the trek in a "compartment", tick the box to say I have done it and move on. Its' impact is far more fundamental than that.
 
I understand from Joy that Newick House's new school bus is already in operation and had it's first outing on Thursday, so we can all see that we have made a difference and there is so much more to come.
 
Kevin