Category: Antarctica to Alaska

Saturday, 11 May 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   Vancouver once again puts on magnificent weather. Yet another bright blue sky. Have had sensational weather now since…way back when. Can’t remember the last time I had poor weather. Can’t remember the last time it rained on this trip when it mattered ie. a day’s sightseeing.… Read more

Friday, 10 May 2019Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Unbelievable blue sky as I open the curtains on to the harbour. Twenty floors below are two massive cruise ships moored up. A third is moored up on the other side of the cruise terminal pier. It’s only when you see these ships up close and personal that… Read more

Thursday, 9 May 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   Super chilled and relaxed as I wake from a deep slumber. Miss Vancouver has gone to work at the crack of dawn so need to clean up my mess in the apartment before departing. Decent hot mug of tea and Marmite on hot buttered toast to… Read more

Wednesday, 8 May 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   May 1995. A Friday morning. The young trainee Quantity Surveyor, Touring Taurean, is sitting in a site hut in Loughborough. His boss’s phone rings. Boss is on holiday so he picks it up. His boss’s boss is reading this laughing. It’s Dave from the head office… Read more

Tuesday, 7 May 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   Chilled. Very chilled. Only been here three days. But it’s how I feel. Hornby has that effect. Anyway, dear reader, exciting news. The local shop sells. Wait for it. Marmite. I know. How excited can you be. Not only a decent mug of hot Yorkshire Tea… Read more

Monday, 6 May 2019 Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada   Cannot begin to describe what it feels like to wake up with insane views of snow capped mountains, the sea and eagles flying about. And all that from your bed looking out the window. And to add to all that. Hummingbirds buzzing around the feeder… Read more

Sunday, 5 May 2019 Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada   As British comedian Kenn Dodd once sang: ‘Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possessI thank the Lord I’ve been blessedWith more than my share of happiness To me this world is a wonderful placeAnd I’m the luckiest human in the whole human raceI’ve got… Read more

Saturday, 4 May 2019 Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada   Another glorious day. Bright blue sky. It’s to be the theme for the next week. I know this ‘cos I’m typing this blog a week later. Today, is a special day. You may recall a blog post I wrote way back in January, from Tierra… Read more

Friday, 3 May 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada An argument over laundry is left unresolved as the ‘decision maker’ is in a meeting. Told it will be adjusted to be more in line with what I think it should be. Asked what that means, the response is, we’ll call you to discuss. No. You won’t.… Read more

Thursday, 2 May 2019 Seattle, Washington, USA   Alcohol is the answer. Another half decent sleep in the tumble dryer that is my cabin aboard the Empire Builder train. Beer, wine and whisky allows for a number of hours of much needed deep sleep. Arrive Seattle station an hour earlier than anticipated and finally see… Read more