You might well ask why so long since the last entry. Well, ask,,,, All right then, here goes. I've been a bit busy. It goes like this. Friday was spent crossing the continent and zig zagging across the US/Canada border from Vancouver to Seattle to Chicago to Toronto, and then by shuttle to London. Unlike the east-west epic, this one was anxiety free and everything ran on schedule. I arrived in London at a little after 10pm to be met by Alex who drove me to hi...

The day dawned fine, so I decided to do some sightseeing in the morning and then spend the afternoon and evening at the computer. I won't bore you with the computer time! I only had to walk about 15 minutes to take my choice of about five bike hire places near the edge of Stanley Park - the jewel in Vancouver's crown. I went to the first one that opened and hired a Norco City Bike for three hours. It was a nice bike, well maintained. Norco. Sounds like it shou...

We should take a leaf from the Sound of Music, and start from the very beginning. When I left you, dear reader, we had just wrapped up the first night of the conference. i hope you followed the link to the Rev Al's Youtube clip. Worth the visit. Monday began with a business session of the Centre executive from 0700-0800. Much too little time really for the agenda we had - although we made a fair fist of it. If this is our only face to face meeting each year, th...

Well, after all the fuss with ticketting, I made it. I've been in Victoria for just over 24 hours. Let me count the ways..... First of all you need to understand that no one expects the inquistion. No one! I mean - it was all sorted, wasn't it? United had given the ok a couple of weeks ago so Philly to Seattle via Chicago was all set. . That nice man Jim at Aaska Air had indicated we were all systems go from Seattle to Victoria. What could go wrong? Weeeeel...

The days are just racing by. On the one hand I look forward to the next destination. On the other, I want somehow to hold on to the experiences I am having. Tomorrow morning it's off to BC. Just getting the tickets has been quite a journey in itself. In my last entry, I was able to report the latest on my ticketting saga. As promised, Lucie booked me another ticket, figuring we could fight over the refund later. Seemed good. In the meantime I checked the Unite...