Expedition Canada

It's Back! Thu Sep 9 Fri Sep 10 It may not seem a significant event in UK terms, but internationally it's monumental.  It has been on the shopping list for five months and has only just reappeared in our local supermarket.  Its absence is due apparently, to a shortage of brewers yeast, a staple ingredient in its production. UK lovers will already know this, haters probably couldn't give a damn.   It hasn't yet been covered in the Canadian press!  So a message to all UK friends - please drink more beer! Tomorrow's breakfast will be a pleasant reminder of breakfasts in Blighty.   Any more shortages and pleas will be going out for supplies to be shipped from the UK! Do you love it or hate it? An email popped pinged in my inbox Thursday morning with details of some workshop machinery up for sale in Sechelt. A few hours and a visit later, the deal was done.  In addition to a very decent lathe, I have now added a router table, table saw, band saw (need...

iPhones and Tires Same view another scene Sun Jul 11th Another early start as you can tell from the picture with the sunrise behind the mainland mountains.  Thank goodness Wimbledon finishes today! With Fred again at one with the TV, I took off to Hopkins Landing again, to try and beat the locals to be the first on the beach.  One other set of footprints preceded me on the beach, so a fail!   It was a quiet morning apart from two families of Canada Geese who clearly did not want to be introduced to Jack, even though he was all set to swim out after them.   The geese that got away Huge enthusiasm these spaniels but not always great in the common-sense department! Half way along the beach I discovered a much loved iPhone, no longer in the company of its owner, looking freshly sea stained after an early morning (or middle of the night) dip.  It was not the waterproof variety and did not want to start up.  Returned  home ...

Exploring Locally Thu Jul 8 Burr, barnacles and bladderwrack a washed-up tree stump on Langdale beach Fri Jul 9 Thursday Apart from the odd few bit and pieces we are now installed and settled in Gibsons.   The new old bed collected from Vancouver on Tuesday has been assembled and had some dabs of paint added, bedding and mattress being acquired.  As we start to settle in, we've had a chance to explore the area.  The Sprockids Regional Park is more extensive than we first thought and we've hardly scratched the surface of the network of tracks and trails.   With Fred glued to Wimbledon, I popped into town for some nuts missing from the bed, and some glue.  The more we explore Gibsons the more we find.  Tucked away on one of the back roads was an amazing fixings and fasteners store with every type of nut, bolt, screws and glue you could ever want - except the metric one I needed.  Ah, IKEA she said, metric, sorry!  Amazon to the rescue...