Jane Wilson-Howarth

Alexander visits his new brother in hospital just after his hare-lip repair (chapter 3)

David at 10 days old, just out of hospital. Read the whole uplifting story in "A Glimpse of Eternal Snows"

David was tube-fed but he didn't seem to absorb much food, and he was a nervous baby

David was readmitted to hospital just before we were due to fly back to Kathmandu (chapter 4)

Escape to the sanity of the ricefields in the Kathmandu Valley (chapter 5)

Bossy granny who told me off for being out in the sun too soon (chapter 5)

Simon and Alexander in Baktapur, Kathmandu

Simon, David and Alexander in the garden of the palatial 'Lotus House' on the edge of Kathmandu

Bungamati village in the Kathmandu valley where I met the breast-feeding grandmother

With 7w old David trying not to disturb wallowing buffaloes while crossing a river near Panauti

The town of Pokhara from where we set out on David's first trek

My favourite mountain, from the Pokhara Valley