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NWP 6. 4am. Really?
19 & 20-Aug-24 Vancouver Time for a little excursion into the mountains. Car hired. Subaru Ascent SUV is less car more tank. Could invade Russia in this. Not really Putin. Just joking. Hour’s drive to the Sea to Sky Cable Car. For amazing views for lunch overlooking snow capped mountains and a lake made turquoise… Read more
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NWP 5. Wile E Coyote
17 & 18-Aug-24 Vancouver Amazing clear and sunny sky as I pull back the curtains. The clear sunlit view from my room of the harbour and Grouse Mountain is something I’ve been looking forward to seeing again since I last came here in June 2019 on my Antarctica to Alaska trip. Something to feed on… Read more
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NWP 4. Two soups
15 & 16-Aug-24 Vancouver Alarm call at 0700hrs for the 0830hrs train to Vancouver. Surprisingly no USA immigration checking passports just some young lad making sure you have a passport and giving a pink piece of card with a handwritten ‘V’ marked on it. For Vancouver. Boarding soon after to discover the dirtiest train I… Read more
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NWP 3. Island hopping
13 & 14-Aug-24 – Port Ludlow And now for a magical mystery tour. I have nothing planned. No hotel booked for tonight. But I do have a car. Do I turn left or right out of the car park? I am a free spirit. Do I go east inland? Do I go south towards Portland.… Read more
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NWP 2. PUBIC
11 & 12 August 2024 – Seattle It’s a leisurely couple of days pootling about Seattle as I gently adjust to BST minus 8hrs. Meander into downtown passing the unwashed camping out on the pavements. An increasing problem in every city centre you go to these days. Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all are milling around… Read more
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NWP 1. First things First
Originally, I was going to fly to Vancouver in Business but British Airways had a special offer to fly First to Seattle which was substantially cheaper. And a better flight schedule. So why not?! Heathrow Terminal 5 has the added bonus of the Sofitel being attached to it, so an easy roll out of bed,… Read more
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North West Passage (test)
Hello again. This is a quick post to test the system is still working after being dormant for five years. My last blog post was departing Seattle in June 2019. The world changed a few months later when covid and lockdowns restricted all travel. But…I am now back in Seattle at the start of a… Read more
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RTW 59. The Reform Club
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 Nottinghamshire, UK Land Heathrow at the ungodly hour of 0600hrs. It’s 0230hrs body clock time. No sleep on flight. Despite a large single malt. Am knackered. Heathrow hell is today Heathrow heaven. Takes 15 minutes between aircraft doors opening and sitting on the Heathrow Express to Paddington. A record. Explain to… Read more
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RTW 58. Kissing the seal’s bottom
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 St John’s, Canada Final few hours in St John’s is spent at St John’s top tourist attraction. A newish building, imaginatively called, ‘The Rooms’. A collection of rooms housing art, artefacts, local history. Etc. Etc. Etc. With an excellent photographic exhibition on the subject of oil. Focussing (excuse the pun) on… Read more
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RTW 57. Dot. Dot. Dot.
Monday, 28 June 2010 St John’s, Canada Even the blue sky doesn’t make St John’s less grim and grotty than Grimsby. It does allow a walk out of town and up to the top of Signal Hill though. Signal Hill being famous for being the place where Marconi received the first transatlantic signal in Cabot… Read more