Arrival in Canada was via my usual Port of Entry Calgary. Immigration was no issue as we discussed why I was late this year ie after the Stampede. Witin an hour I was at the Riverband A&W car show selling tickets in the 50/50 bto raise money for MS. I am now part of the furniture after making annual appearances over the past 6-7 years in the Mustang with the roof down. Saturday saw me up early and at Indian Calgary to claim my free gift, sure is a long way...

The two largest cities in Alberta are linked by the main but very busy Highway 2, they being Calgary in the South and Edmonton in the North. There is an alternative for covering the vast prairie parklands region and I chose to follow Highways 21 & 56 which carry the name of The Boomtown Trail. The name refers to the ability for travellers to visit the many small towns and some not so small that display the Boomtown architecture of their heydays. Some of the...

Iceland is a country know by most but visited by few. Those who do have the opportunity are amazed by the frozen beauty of a wilderness landscape. A land dominated by snow and ice. The formation of glaciers are everywhere it seems as mountain ranges are both the source of the snow that becomes a river of ice and then given the required compression becomes a glacier. This very glacier born on the mountainside become the enemy as they carve the cirques that can...

The title photo shows that yes there is Bull in Scotland, a strong vibrant movement still exists for seperation from Britain,Wales & Ireland. As we travelled North in search of Ness at Loch Locmond we saw graffitti pushing for seperation. I thought why well maybe it lies in the multicultural destruction of Britain. One has great difficulty in having an English experience in England. This can be illustrated by our stay in Northamption at the Sunley Confer...

Seated the hand couldn't wait to delve into the gift package. No it had been a hard day lots of issues over the past few days. Was he looking for a knee rug? Pehaps a silver or pewter mug? No it was the nights program that was to be the object of interest as searches of the internet had not allayed fears. The nights program was in full in the centre of the booklet,easy to read in the failing light, after all it was 10.45pm. The right hand page held the ans...