Easy way up Number 1:

Here we were, climbing up the hill through the pine trees, inhaling the beautiful fresh mountain air and we hear a little tinkle of bells. Well I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve read too much fantasy in my time – but this really was like a scene from (insert the name of any fantasy story you have ever read here). Were they the bells of Tatiana and her fellow fairies? The gentle tinkles slowly got louder, and after a while we could also hear the gentle clop of horses hooves. Aha! I know what it is! The Elves from Lord of the Rings! And then they hove into view. It was a wee bit disappointing to see that it was just some Chinese or Japanese tourists travelling up the mountain on hired ponies. Their guide was walking behind & whacking the ponies with a bundle of twigs whenever they moved too slowly. The ponies did look cute though. That’s me behind them, doing it the hard way.