Back to LA and then back home
As many of you know, we are back in the UK now. We spent our last few days in Los Angeles staying at Lucy’s brother’s house again. Sadly he was Vancouver directing a movie and […]
‘Where’s the nearest gun store?’ – a postcard from San Francisco
I stopped off in San Francisco (SF) for a day and a half while the girls went to LA. Given the power of ‘big tech’, you could argue that SF is the most influential city […]
Goodbye Canada you have been wonderful
We left Canada today for Los Angeles. We have been very lucky to experience so much of the country, although given that it is 40 x larger than the UK we have hardly touched the […]
The smoke clears and the Rockies appear
There are still over 500 fires ablaze across Western Canada, but on Sunday night it rained thankfully. Not enough to put them out, but enough to clear up some of the smoke. We had got […]
The best road in North America…..??
The 180 mile road from Lake Louise north up to Jasper is the Icefields Parkway and it goes over 2000m and passes through long-term icefields such as Columbia and Athabasca. On any measure it is […]
Whistler – playground or product?
The perfect adult playground offering a smorgasbord of low and high adrenalin activities, all showcased among perfect mountains? Or a quirky and rebellious success story being suffocated by a PLC corporate owner? Which is the […]
Forest fires and a State of Emergency
There are reported to be 566 forest fires burning in British Columbia. That is extraordinary. First off, thankfully we are not anywhere near these fires. Over 3000 people have been evacuated from various parts of […]
Vancouver Island – seeing what all the fuss is about
This is photo-heavy, we’re running out of time with a very long car trip first thing tomorrow morning. Vancouver Island has loomed larged in the imagination for years, conjuring images of the real Canadian wilderness, […]
Inside the tent – camping en famille
Putting the tent up ‘Can you help me put the tent up?’ [Silence] ‘Girls… can you help me put the tent up?’ ‘I’m reading, you want me to read don’t you?’ ‘And I’m guarding my […]
7 days in a tent on a jeep on Vancouver Island
The first thing we booked on our trip wasn’t the flights. Or the first country. Or any hotels. It was this – a tent on a jeep. I read about it last winter in the […]
Travels with my Family 