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Following the lives of Helen and Mike who moved from Scotland to London via Canada. See how they fair as they navigate the charms of big city life, weaving around tourists and traffic by bike, stopping frequently for tea and culture breaks.
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Lake Louise
I don’t really know what I was expecting from Lake Louise, but it wasn’t this: minus 21 degrees, trees wearing snow blankets and a powder blue glacier.Â
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The Icefields Parkway
We knew that to really get to experience the Rockies we would need to get out of Jasper, but given that it was early November we didn’t know if we would be able to drive the aptly named Icefields parkway. … Continue reading
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Proving that the art of postcard writing is not dead…
I still can’t quite get over the magnificence of the Rockies, and get my thoughts and impressions into coherent sentences. In the meantime here is a postcard.
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Prince Rupert
Situated at the end of the Canadian train line and at the foot of the BC border with Alaska Prince Rupert feels incredibly isolated. It might also be because regardless of how you arrive, or where you’re coming from, it … Continue reading
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The Great Canadian Adventure begins…
In July, when winter time and moving home seemed like a long long way away, we hatched a plan to take an overland route across Canada, to see as much of the country as possible before our move back to … Continue reading