Sunday, 5 May 2019
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
As British comedian Kenn Dodd once sang:
‘Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possess
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness
To me this world is a wonderful place
And I’m the luckiest human in the whole human race
I’ve got no silver and I’ve got no gold
But I’ve got happiness in my soul
Happiness to me is an ocean tide
Or a sunset fading on a mountain side
A big old heaven full of stars up above…’
It really is a happy place Hornby.
The day starts with building a driftwood fire on the beach. I am happiness personified.
Am like a big kid again. Back to my Scouting and Duke of Edinburgh days, building a fire from scratch using kindle and building up a roaring fire with bigger and bigger driftwood. Might have over-egged it on that front. More a bonfire at one point.
There’s only one reason to build a driftwood fire on the beach on a sunny Sunday morning.
Bacon and eggs, of course.
Cannot begin to tell you how happy I am. Surrounded by snow capped mountains. Eagles soaring overhead. A hot mug of proper Yorkshire Tea.
Oh yes, dear reader.
Life is good.
Life is very good.
Cooking on a driftwood fire in these surroundings is simply the best.
Well.
I say cooking.
More…placing stuff on a griddle.
Miss Vancouver has bought all the stuff, done all the preparation, made the tea, put the plates etc out and then washed up.
Told you I was a very lucky boy.
And to burn all that bacon and eggs off? Excellent walk around Helliwell Park. The sea is blue. The sky is blue. The trees are lush green. Awesome panoramas of snow capped mountains. Eagles above us.
Insane views.
Really, really insane.
This is the great escape from the rat race.
For the first time on this trip I’m starting to relax. No getting up at stupid o’clock to make a connection. No going to bed having to travel the following day or do sightseeing.
No.
This is heaven on earth.
‘To me this world is a wonderful place
And I’m the luckiest human in the whole human race…’
