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Ollie ill saturday – still ill Rosie looking after Ollie Saturday till Thursday. Rosie ill Thursday – still ill Blog writing skills impaired

With the rain continuing to fall, people keep telling us we should be used to it as we are from England. So we looked into the data: Vancouver sees between 2 and 3 times more rain than London in a year! We didn’t sign up for that! To avoid the weather, we have started beginnerContinue reading “Slippin’ and Slidin’”

We don’t have much to report on this week. We travelled back from Vancouver Island on Saturday, had a very lazy Sunday and then got back into the work week. We have had a few chances to socialise, starting with dinner at Thom and Hannah’s. Hannah’s pumpkin and chocolate cake was exquisite and we lookContinue reading “Blog 88”

No, this isn’t a post about the one nut to rule them all. It’s about a mountain biking trail near Whistler that Ollie completed last weekend with Hannah and Thom. The route is just under 30km and includes around 1400m of climbing. The start was particularly challenging, with lots of steep and tight switchbacks. ThisContinue reading “Lord of the Squirrels”

There is not much to report this week, so a lighter post than usual. We had a nice weekend and were able to visit a couple of friends places for lunch and dinner. What a novelty! Rosie is back in the office two days a week now, so Ollie had to survive alone without supervision.Continue reading “Heron My Own”

Ollie’s mountain biking course has started with some tricky new skills.

Last Monday, Ollie woke up to find Rosie had snuck out of bed.

Last weekend we spent a rainy day making kombucha and some sourdough. We decided to document the kombucha process as we couldn’t have our readers missing out on seeing the beautiful scoby Ollie made.

A bit random this week, but we thought we would enlighten you into some of the things we have picked up since coming to canada. Not all of them are specifically Canadian, but hey ho. 1. We can cope with snowy conditions now Unlike the UK that seems to shut down due to some lightContinue reading “5 things we’ve picked up in Canada”

This week we have made you a video tour of our new apartment (with all the usual quality lighting and Rollie production value). We haven’t quite got all the furniture we need and we keep running out of spoons, but it’s more than comfortable!