Monthly Archives: November 2010

Written yesterday, on the way to Chicago… Our last week in Vancouver started with a weekend away in Portland, to spend an early Thanksgiving with Nick and Sandra. The snow had started falling on the mountains, and I hoped it … Continue reading →

I couldn’t let the time in Vancouver come to an end without seeing what Veronica had been up to while I was working. She’s come home every day from the Orphaned Wildlife sanctuary (OWL) with stories of the long trek to … Continue reading →

Last Saturday, we went to Deep Cove for a winter kayak tour. After our last trip was cut short due to the inexperience of others in the group making it unsafe to continue, we got one place free on the … Continue reading →

On Friday, we took another walk to Stanley Park. We’d hoped to meet up with the same naturalist we met before, and explore the wildlife of the park with him – but he had a family emergency and couldnt make … Continue reading →

I posted late in week 4, so just a weekend in Victoria to write about really. We got a good deal on a bus/ferry/hotel package, so it was a good time to explore. The sea was amazingly foggy on the … Continue reading →

Work remains pretty busy out here. There are changes going on at work back in Edinburgh – my line manager is changing in a reorganisation, and discussion and planning around the change has taken a chunk of time. Then discussions … Continue reading →

  I’m struggling to document everything I have been seeing and doing here, there is just so much learning and not enough hours in the day to get it all down sadly. The past couple of days in particular I … Continue reading →