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Posted on 20th September, 2024
We arrived in Ucluelet late afternoon and, having checked in to our room, headed out for a little wander around the harbour. Here we were most surprised to see a pack of five or six marauding river otters, jumping from pier to boat to pier, in search of fish I'm guessing! I only had my...
Posted on 11th September, 2024
Our next destination was Tofino - as the crow flies, not a huge distance to travel, but reaching it by mainstream roads involved doing what amounted to three sides of a rectangle. Given the scenery most of the way, this was no hardship. I was also very keen to visit the famous Cathedral...
Posted on 6th August, 2024
It's taken me a while - nearly a year to be precise - but I thought I'd best write up our time on Vancouver Island whilst I could still remember everything. It seems to make best sense to split it into four blogs, covering each of the places we stayed. I had long wanted to...
Posted on 20th December, 2023
More years than not I try to consider what are my favourite photos from the year, as it's always fun to review - occasionally I get round to blogging about it! As I've just allowed myself one per season this year, that makes it quite quick and easy to write up. They are very much...
Posted on 22nd November, 2023
Our last full day - how can a week go so quickly? We got up early for a quick dip in the hot springs at Bishop Bay - I was somewhat ambivalent about doing this but in fact it was lovely - like a giant and constantly hot bath! Before that I found myself photographing rocks, yet again - it...
Posted on 20th November, 2023
The day began with thick fog. We could hear the wolves howling again, although not so close and visibility was restricted to a few metres - wonderfully atmospheric but perhaps not ideal wildlife spotting conditions! Nevertheless we went towards the shore in the zodiacs and waited...
Posted on 14th November, 2023
We woke to the sound of howling wolves - coastal wolves, to be precise. It had to happen, didnt' it? Just when you thought things couldn't get any better, it seemed they could! We went up on deck and, although it was still relatively dark, you could clearly see them on the shore....
Posted on 31st October, 2023
Based on the weather the previous evening, I woke hoping for some atmospheric conditions. I was not disappointed and emerged on deck to find plenty of low cloud and fog clinging to the forested hills surrounding the inlet. I dare say everyone else was hoping for another warm and sunny day -...
Posted on 24th October, 2023
Day three dawned clear again, but being in a fjordland setting, it was a while until the sun would find its way to us. Once light enough, we were back onto the zodiacs and looking out for grizzlies, amongst other things. We didn't have to wait long, spotting a bear in the far...
Posted on 10th October, 2023
We woke early and went up on deck to enjoy a dawn chorus of jumping salmon, curious seals and various birds - it was wonderful just standing there, looking and listening. With a busy schedule for the day, we made our way further north, surrounded on all sides by layers and layers of amazing...
Posted on 3rd October, 2023
Early in 2020 (BC) Rob and I booked a holiday to British Columbia - we got as far as booking our return flights to Vancouver (to visit my cousins) and a boat trip with a company called Bluewater Adventures and we started to consider what else we might do in our time there. It wasn't too...
Posted on 30th December, 2021
It's now two years since I wrote my last blog for this website. Just over two years since I wrote my last newsletter. In some ways time has almost seemed to stand still - in other respects, so much has happened and the world feels so changed, that two years ago seems a lifetime...