Author Archives: rollietommers

Last weekend there was a break in the rain so we booked a spontaneous trip to one of the gulf islands that we hadn’t visited before – Galiano. The inhabited areas are smaller than Gabirola and Salt Spring, and there are no cideries/breweries or wineries (boooo). It has just as many great beaches to exploreContinue reading “Galiano”

This week we have a video to show you some of the things we’ve been doing in our ice skating lessons. Unfortunatley we fear they feel more impressive than they look… Last weekend was as rainy as expected, but we did manage to persuade another couple of people to help with our escape room. ItContinue reading “Slick Skills”

First thing’s first – barge update: it’s still there. The high tide on Sunday was nowhere near high enough to float it off the rocks, so we got out of bed early for nothing! The only remaining hope for the barge owners is the “king tide” which will happen on the 6th December. The rainContinue reading “Runny Cheese Arts”

For the last month or so we have done a lot of complaining about the rain… but this week it has hit whole new levels of bad. In downtown Vancouver, we actually didn’t notice much difference compared to the usual downpours. However, places further north and east of us saw rainfall that exceeded the monthlyContinue reading “Wild Weather”

We have approximately 4 minutes to write this blog as we are going out and we forgot about our faithful Rollie followers… This week: We have started another ice skating course, 1 level up from our previous one. The quality of participants and speed of lessons is much faster now, so hopefully we can bothContinue reading “We’re Late!”

We got a miraculously sunny weekend and wanted to make the most of it, so took Friday off work and caught a ferry to Salt Spring Island. Salt Spring Island is the largest and the most popular of the southern gulf islands, close to Victoria on Vancouver Island. It has a similar feel to GabriolaContinue reading “SUNSHINE!!!”

One way to complain less is to write less.

Last weekend was a long one, thanks to Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. We were especially grateful for all of the harvests, as we managed to squeeze in 3 dinner parties.

We’ve never been to Burwell in the UK, where Rosie’s sister now lives, and the trip to get there seemed a bit daunting. So we decided to visit Mount Burwell instead!

A short blog this week as we are on holiday without a laptop. We are writing this on a phone with pretty poor signal, so not sure it will make it to you anyway… The campsite we are in claims to have WiFi near the reception, so perhaps that will save us! Also, please excuseContinue reading “A Holiday from our (Working) Holiday”