Vancouver to Whistler: We had a beautiful walk yet again around Vancouver the morning we left and decided that this certainly a sailing mecca with 1000's of boats moored in the harbour. You can see the one we had for a couple of days on our photos! Then we collected our friends Kate and Paul who had flown in from Las Vegas. You can see from photo they were a little slow! Then off to whistler. We managed to find our hotel in the dark and then, of course, foun...

Hi from Vancouver-you can see the car we hired for a couple of days A lot seems to have happened since the last blog but it's only a few days. We have seen a black bear lope across the road in front of the car all I could say was BEAR, BEAR, BEAR …, (Sorry no camera) caught a ferry to Vancouver with the snow capped mountains creeping closer, said goodbye to our cousins, walked and took a bus tour around Vancouver, caught the Rocky Mountaineer to Whistler a...

From Tofino-a beautiful setting where the fir trees and mountains meet the sea. On our drive to Tofino we met another cousin of Bill's, also Bill Ferguson, whom he hadn't seen for over 50 years. We were wondering if we would recognise but we needn't have worried as the Ferguson genes shone through. I felt the new Bill Ferguson had very similar traits to my Bill's Dad - see photo. Bill was a little jealous as he had a golf handicap of 3 but he does play at le...

Welcome from Victoria Vancouver Island We were collected successfully from the airport by Bill's cousins Tricia and Barry (English in origin but resident Americans for the last 28 years) and driven to our apartment - a welcome relief for Bill not to drive. We thought we had walked before but yesterday out did all other days. We seemed to cover every possible tourist destination according to the list Tricia had compiled - think I may need to take over… ...

Here we are in Quebec - well for 1 more night. It is a beautiful place. Very French but most speak English which wonderful to hear. Our accommodation was in a perfect place to walk. For those who have been to Cinque Terre in Italy the steps are as frequent if not more… Our room had 3 flights up. But to travel from the upper to lower town there was a lot more so I definitely had to eat to keep up the stamina… We have seen the changing of the guards, tried...