Travel
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Back at it.
Well I’m back at home. Actually I’ve been back now since last Thursday, but I’m only now getting up to speed. Writing has been hard, I’ve tried to write a couple of articles and have re worked and re written one several times. But I’d best get at it, I’ve a lot to talk about.
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I need to get out more.
I need to get out more. As I start to compose this post I’m in a plane high above Baffin Island, on the first leg of my journey south. The thing that struck me as I was getting a ride to the airport this morning is just how little I’ve been out of the House
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Shivering with antici…. pation
One of my favourite moments in travel, surprisingly, comes long before the actual trip. There are few things as exhilarating as a new field guide. The day before yesterday the Collin’s Bird Guide (to the birds of Britain and Europe. Isn’t Britain in Europe?) arrived courtesy of my friend Charlie, the world famous host of
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I’m going.
Or at least I think I am. I’ve made up my mind that I’m going to Vimy for the 90th anniversary. The person I had found to do the cooking while I was away backed out, which is alright I suppose, we couldn’t come to an agreement about what would be fair compensation for the
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Giving Up a Dream.
I’ve long wanted to navigate the Northwest Passage and when the opportunity to buy the Fort Hearne in Kugluktuk came up we did. It was primarily going to be a part of our tourism based business but there was the added benefits (for me anyway) of having strong historical connections with the RCMP in the
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Leopard Seal
Long before I’d ever travelled to Antarctica I’d heard about Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Twelve feet long, reptilian, and vicious, I’d read about them attacking the zodiac boats of tourists, and about one attacking a Canadian Polar Explorer through the ice, just failing in it’s effort to pull him through the hole and underwater. I
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Ghosts of Christmas Past
It’s funny where this little piece of the blogosphere has led me. I received an email last night from a reporter in Saskatoon, who was/is interested in including me in his column about people’s different Christmas experiences. I’m quite honoured that he thought me interesting enough to include in his column. He is, I believe,
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Pete’s Pond
Thanks to Tony over at Milkriver blog I’ve now got a new time drain, a live web cam at a watering hole in Botswana, Pete’s Pond. The webcam is run by National Geographic and runs 24/7, although obviously peak times are in the morning and evening, 7 am to noon and 4-6 pm Botswana Time,
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Paying Customers – at long last
Okay I’m exhausted. We had our first real paying customers at the B&B. Well not the B&B per say, its still not ready, but I had booked in the board of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities Insurance Group a while back ("The end of August? Of course we’ll be ready by then. How many rooms