Woke early for a game of tennis at the beach, Kitsilano before Chris left for work. Spent the morning catching up with admin before heading off in Millie to Mount Seymour. Climbed Dog Mountain (1054m) and Dinkey Peak (1117m). Fabulous views over Vancouver. Amazing trail over exposed tree roots with slabs of rock at summit. After dull morning the sun shone all the way home. To Vancouver Fringe - Cirque de Soleil 'Red b******' stand up act 'What are the rules of...

Arrived in Vancouver and travelled via Skytrain to waterfront. Met Chris at Steamworks. Lunch at Meet. Visit to Wiivv to meet the team and see latest projects. Back to Greer Avenue in Evo car for a power nap. Chris home at 6 - dusk run along Kitsilano waterfront and home to cook supper with Laura and Jerome.

Friday 22nd September - day 4 - our 33rd wedding anniversary - Vancouver, Grouse mountain and Bowen Island. Chris persuaded us that we should mark the occasion of our 33rd wedding anniversary not by a lie in but with a dawn run up to the top of Grouse Mountain - the famous 'Grouse Grind'. Grouse mountain lies just north of Vancouver and the route covers 2.9km whilst climbing 853 metres. Although it was early in the morning (7.30) when we arrived, the car park ...

Wednesday 21st September. Day three. To Deep Cove, north shore and Lynn Canyon. Woke before the 7am alarm feeling surprisingly good. Chris had to be at work in Gastown at eight, so time for a very brief beach run (and play on the swings!) Bill had a sumptuous breakfast waiting on our return and Chris set off for work, only slightly hampered by a further flat bike tyre... An hour later, we were on our way east to Deep Cove. After a short detour to Honeys Doug...

Wednesday 20/9/17 - day 2. A day in Vancouver. We slept amazingly well with no trace of jet lag as we drifted awake at 7.00. As we stood up out of bed we discovered the panoramic views of Vancouver from our velum windows - rooftops, sea, ships, sky and mountains! Beautiful! We had planned to meet Chris for breakfast in Kitsilano, but in view of his very short night, we decided to meet him in town. His flat and office are in Gastown, on the eastern side of to...