Canada

Voila Vancouver, Adieu Doris

So we finally ditched Doris yesterday, quite a milestone. Rhys, who grows very attached to things – sticks for example (“oh poor sticky! Will I ever see him again? Will he be reincarnated?”) – had a little weep but we reassured him Doris was going home and would have great bragging rights over the hundreds &hellip Continue reading »

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Wales to Whales in one month

Finally hitting the Pacific Ocean was quite a moment. After a rainy day, the skies cleared as we waited for the ferry to Vancouver Island, and we felt quite proud at having crossed our first continent, east to west. It’s taken over 5,500 kilometres and more than 20 days, across three time zones and 6 &hellip Continue reading »

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Let it snow

There was a dusting of snow on the hills, and it was suddenly bitterly cold at night – so much so, we finally found out how to work Doris’ furnace (boiler, to you and me) when it came on automatically one night, meaning it had gone down to freezing inside. Still, there was no snow &hellip Continue reading »

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