Category: North West Passage

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

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

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

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

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

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