Niagara Falls is only a two hour drive from Toronto and was clearly a must-see. We'd been keeping an eye on the weather and today did look like the best day of the week. However, as this was our last full day in Toronto we were going whatever the weather. Dave was a little surprised to find the Falls were actually surrounded by a large modern town. The town setting doesn't really detract from the experience as your eyes are always drawn to the magnificent specta...

The morning of our second day in the Georgian Bay Area saw us at Honey Harbour to catch the DayTripper boat out to Beausoleil Island, a National Park with lovely walking trails. The island has only three small boats a day making the crossing so the place is largely tranquil. We were lucky to get across as we only booked on the day. As yesterday the day was gloriously sunny and bakingly hot and we were glad to choose some of the deserted trails through the woodla...

Today saw us off on a longish drive to Parry Sound, a small town on Georgian Bay in Lake Huron. This was a trip that our Toronto friend on the train, Pat, had waxed lyrical about. We guess a little trusting to set off on a two-day trip on the basis of the recommendations of a stranger but we'd liked her holiday photos so thought we could trust her judgement! Driving out of Toronto is relatively easy, if on busy highways to begin with, and the journey went smooth...

Tuesday's plan was for a full city day in downtown Toronto. However, Dave's camera sensor was looking muddy despite running the cleaning mode so we decided to take it into a camera specialist to have the sensor professionally cleaned. We found a firm called Vistek who turned out to be excellent. They cleaned both camera sensors, Jill's no problem but Dave's was diagnosed as having begun to suffer from surface deterioration and needed repair. Vistek then refused t...

Thunder, expressway, downpour, Guelph, covered wooden bridge, river walk, chicken curry. We had considered leaving the blog entry as this cryptic listing that we use for notes when we're behind with blog writing but Dave insists that we write a little more as the trip to Guelph was all about taking Jill back to where she'd lived and worked for three months in the Summer of 1977. The thing is you really shouldn't go back! Jill recalls nothing of what is there, ...