Ollie has finished work now and gone off on a lads lads lads trip skiing with Thom, touring around multiple ski resorts in BC for an indeterminate amount of time (probably 10 days). They’re starting in the luxury of Thom and Hannah’s apartment in Sun Peaks, and also have a couple of days at another friend’s apartment in Revelstoke, but then they are sleeping all cuddled up in Thom and Hannah’s camper van. I am not worried about them misbehaving, Canada’s apres-ski doesn’t really compare to Europe’s and also they are both pretty old and boring now. I doubt they’ll stay up past 8pm after tiring themselves out sliding down hills all day. I am worried about what they are going to feed themselves and how they are going to smell. Ollie is still using a magic crystal rock instead of deodorant.
Sadly we didn’t get out and do anything photogenic last weekend. On Friday we took the SeaBus (run by the same company as the SkyTrain… you see what they did there) over to North Vancouver to visit a few breweries with some friends. It looks like a ferry from the outside, but inside it looks like a bus! Wild. The views as we travelled across Vancouver Harbour were really good, and we saw some huge container ships up pretty close, but we are too cool to take photos on the SeaBus like a pair of tourists.
Saturday we used for some life admin, which is annoying but necessary – we have a lot of stuff to sell (it’s amazing how much you can accumulate in 2 years) and things to organise for relocating back to the UK. The weather wasn’t great on Sunday, but we had a good day hanging out with friends, playing some games and watching some train videos on YouTube.
On Tuesday Ollie and Thom figured they weren’t going to be doing enough mountain sliding over the next couple of weeks, so they took themselves off to Whistler for the day. Ollie wanted me to share this video of him showing off:
How boring, I apologise for that.
Contrary to what I said last week, I am still struggling with the 5am starts. Mostly because Ollie refuses to go to bed early and keeps me awake until at least 22:30 most nights. Well, not this week! I am writing this at 19:30 and shall be brushing my teeth and going to bed shortly after for a peaceful night’s sleep in a tidy apartment. Enjoy Ollie’s dribble and morning farts Thom! Everything is coming up Rosie.
Roaming Rollie 
Good to see that Ollie is generously leaving you to your own thing this week…enjoy a dribble-free and good night’s sleep while he is away!
(The skiing was fairly impressive though!)
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How generous of him! Haha. I went to bed at 8.30 last night…
(Don’t tell him that, or you’ll get more videos)
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If there is a SeaBus and a SkyTrain is there also an AirPlane? This would be the only logical progression. I suppose Ollie will also be getting on some SlideLifts… The possibilities are endless.
You are better off without him for a week, at least you can get on with your guitar practice in peace. I’d say get out of the apartment and back to the UK while you can… Take the plants and run!
Just kidding Ollie, happy sliding!
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But the diddlies are less fun if they aren’t annoying Ollie 😦 and I’ve killed most of the plants
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As a chronic latenighter I can not criticise Ollie, just warn Ollie, watch out you don’t want to end up like me!
Smooth “Giant Slalom” style skiing, have you tried it round poles, (mind you they probably won’t let you, incase you get a pole in the face)
What are the trains doing in the videos?
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He did send me more skiing videos but I couldn’t work YouTube, so maybe you’ll see some poles next week. The trains were going from Sydney to Wollongong.
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