First Snow Arrives
Rail Services Restored Mon Dec 6th Our current house in Gibsons The first snowfall of winter transformed the local scenery overnight and the house looked rather cosy nestled amongst the snow shrouded trees. It's probably not going to be around long as rain is due to arrive later tonight. The walk down to Hopkins Landing was quiet with the snow soaking up the usual morning sounds. Some highways still have sections that are not passable because of the rain and land slips. Canadian National (CN) Railways have resumed rail services that connect through to the port of Vancouver. Canadian Pacific had already resumed services within BC. It'll be interesting to see which company will transport our shipping container across Canada. A rail journey of 4,800km, compared to the 4,900km between the UK and Quebec, where the ship will dock. Speaking of ports, the container ship, Zim Kingston, damaged by fire six weeks ago after los...