The weekend spent with Michelle and was Paul was a lovely way to end the trip. We spent lunch one day at the Saskatoon Farm, which did all things Saskatoonberry - heaven. As well as having toonberry rice pudding for lunch I bought some jam, a pie and a jar of berries in juice which is to be mixed with a litre of gin and left for a month, resulting in a toon martini - can't wait. On the Saturday we drove out to Chateau Lake Louise for dinner at the Poppy Re...

Having driven back from Yorkton, I spent a relaxing few days with Jen, Jon and Lukas doing the usual - yes, yet more calories were consumed in vast quantities! For my last supper in Winnipeg Jen and I went to Earl's, which is about as close to a typical Canadian restaurant as you will get. It is also the place that serves dry ribs, which are to die for. I was so looking forward to my ribs that I actually thought that I may end up being a little underwhelm...

Hi there again everyone from the land of the big sky! For those of you who have never been to the prairies, it is so flat here that the sky looks enormous. At tea time on Saturday, after Lukas had been to a birthday party, Jen and I drove with him to Yorkton to stay with Shirley and Mel for a few days, while Jon remained in Winnipeg working. Needless to say that my Canada trip has continued in much the same vein and eating seems to be taking up quite a...

Hi there everyone. Sorry for delay in updating, but I have been doing as little as possible and spending time with Jen and the family, so not too much to update you all on anyway. Since I arrived in Winnipeg all I seem to have done is eat, which is all very nice, but probably a good job that Jen and I don't live down the road from each other or the scales would definitely be topping 20 stone! Last Friday we went out to dinner with friends of Jen and Jo...

On Wednesday (13th) I flew to Winnipeg from Calgary, arriving at 2215, only to find that there was no sign of Jennifer, who was picking me up. She was sat at the wrong gate - not exactly the largest airport in the world either, thankfully or we coiuld have really missed each other. It was great to see her and we headed back to her house. Jen's mum and dad (Shirley and Mel) became great friends of my mum and dad when they were living over here. Jen and I w...