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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!

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”

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”

Last weekend we spent two nights in our favourite Garibaldi park (forgot the biscuits AGAIN). We first went to this part of the park last year for a long day trip and have wanted to return to camp since then. There are two trails which take you into the park, one goes from Cheakamus LakeContinue reading “Landing Place of the Thunderbird”

We have had our glorious summer and are back to the RAIN! There are still several snow free weeks ahead of us though, with one or two more camping trips on the horizon.

We were supposed to be doing a famous multi-day hike in the Rockies this week, but it was cancelled as the trail is closed. It was flooded earlier in the year, thanks to excessive snow/glacial melt during the heat wave, and is still being repaired. We were actually happy to cancel our trip as there is still so much to see around here, without having to drive 8 hours first!

Finally! This week we have made you a video tour of our new apartment in the West End of Vancouver.

The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began… Lucky we’ve got friends who have a 4×4!

Last weekend we went on our first night out in as long as we can remember. We went to three bars, and had more than three beers, ending with some arcade games and a dart tournament! This wasn’t totally a bad idea, as the weather was rubbish anyway. Saturday was spent with a hangover.

weekend was a long one, as Monday was “British Columbia Day”. To celebrate the British invasion, we decided to go camping again! This time we were at Wedgemount Lake, a glacial lake surrounded by glaciers and mountains about a 2 hour drive north of Vancouver.