Plan A was to take our little dog Titch with us and travel overland from London through Europe, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to India, spend two months exploring and then make the return trip. Plan A was well advanced but died a death when the Indian government banned the importation of dogs except for people returning to India permanently. So now Titch is going to stay with his Mummy and we are going to India without him – Plan B.

The Indian government legislation is apparently targeted at couriers who were importing trophy dogs every week. The solution is definitely a sledge hammer to crack a nut and impacts a lot of other people. We have had to completely change our plans for the sake of the sweep of a legislator’s pen.

But … that is where we are – long live Plan B.