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We have been back “On the Rock” for a whole month now and it has flown by. It has been lovely to catch up with friends and family, both here and in the UK. We went on a little reunion with a few of the guys from Sunpeaks in Leeds, Read more

As they say “All good things must come to an end” and that is the same for our amazing Canada and US trip. The wildlife, nature and lovely people have blown us away, and if we were young enough for a working holiday visa (under 35 years old), I’m sure Read more

So it is my (Pete’s) second blog in 18 months !!! Why you ask? – well there’s 3 days left of the 6 month road trip so I’ve gone budget busting mad and been renting mountain bikes in Squamish and Whistler – two of the world’s top 10 mountain bike Read more

We have spent the last few days trying to sell Fred, the tow hitch, the bicycle rack and bikes. It has been a bit stressful getting lots of messages of interest, sometimes stings of questions and answers and then radio silence or a no show for a viewing. People are Read more

Vancouver is an ace city as it is surrounded by mountains but also on the coast with rivers and beaches. It has a bit of everything. We headed up Mount Seymour to see the views but unfortunately low cloud hugged the mountain so there were no views to see. We Read more

The ferry journey to Saltspring Island was in very sheltered waters so the 35minute crossing was smooth (much to Pete’s delight). We were surrounded by low cloud so it was a little eerie. We docked at Fulford Harbour in the South of the island, and decided that, as it was Read more

We had arranged our first viewing of Fred in the outskirts of Victoria so we headed straight there from Nanaimo. In a freak of nature we arrived there early (!!!!!) so we drove up Bear Mountain Parkway to see beautiful views and nature etc – we were wrong. We saw Read more

We drove through heavy rain and arrived at Nanaimo on the East coast. We tried to locate a bike rental shop and ended up in Pacific Rim Bicycles. Unfortunately they don’t rent bikes but the guy there gave Pete an old set of forks from his recycle pile (for free) Read more

We set off from Cumberland in rain and drove through patches of sunshine and intermittent really heavy rain. The road was in bad condition and felt like a rollercoaster in places. No wonder they are spending $38 million to improve part of it! We drove to Ucluelet and while Pete Read more

On our way to Campbell River it started to rain and just got heavier and heavier. We got a short break in the weather as we arrived in Campbell River so cycled the coastal path to see the chainsaw carvings. There was some impressive entrants into this year’s competition. Back Read more

It felt strange for me to be back in Port Hardy three years after we set off from there for the kayak expedition. The town seemed even more run down and quiet but we had been recommended a great salmon wholesalers, Hardy Bouys. Thanks Deb and Ron! We took a Read more

For the 6th September we had booked a ferry for the route called The Inside Passage, from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy at the Northern Eastern tip of Vancouver Island. It was the most expensive thing we’d done all trip and was going to take 16 hours so fingers were Read more

A short driving day of only 109km and we reached Boya Lake. Thanks to Jeff and also Kathy and Phil that recommended this place. One Canadian even asked us “How did you guys hear about this place?”. The lake was turquoise blue and during a little mountain bike explore and Read more

We left Duhu Lake and its gorgeous reflection to drive 454km to Muncho Lake. Every side track here seems to have an oil or gas facility or a compressor. We have passed several work towns made entirely from portacabins and containers. Some of them seem to be on their way Read more

On the way to Prince George we stopped a couple of times to check out waterfalls where it is possible to see the salmon run but we must be a little too early yet. We saw no salmon and no bears. We arrived in Prince George and we’re surprised how Read more

Way back in Jackson Hole we met a couple and their two young girls who said that if we went to Jasper area we should do the walk to Berg Lake which would be more than a day hike except that they let you cycle the first part of it. Read more

As we headed north out of Lake Louise we had to stop at Herbert Lake again – this time there was a lovely reflection. We only had 233km to go to Jasper, so no rush. Next we stopped at Bow Lake for views of Crowfoot Glacier behind it. Then onto Read more

We decided that rather than the required 5am dash for a chance to park at the Lake Louise car park we would cycle up the 4kms at our leisure. We cycled the Tramline trail which was lovely and peaceful and until we reached the crowds at the lakeside. We headed Read more

We drove the 1A, towards Banff, passing the huge and impressive Castle Mountain. Then we walked up the Johnstone Canyon to the waterfalls. I think alot of people had similar thoughts on how to spend a grey and potentially wet day. The falls were lovely and the turquoise water in Read more

We started the day by walking the Brook Loop trail. We admired the engineering for the train track completion in the early 1900s, when they made figure 8 loops for the trains to gradually ascend and descend making the gradient no more than the required 2.2%. The engineers were very Read more

Pete celebrated his birthday morning with an early start from Sun Peaks and then cyling around Kamloops while the garage fitted a new transmission sump and selector shaft seal. Thankfully this was being done under warranty, agreed by the garage in Jackson Hole who’d done the original job. Pete was Read more

So what is Sun Peaks like in the summer? Pretty cool actually. Much busier than Big White, which we took a short detour to see on the way. There are people golfing, biking, hiking, or going to the lakes to kayak or SUPing everywhere. There is a tarmac go-kart track Read more

At some point in the night, our little riverside paradise at Jolly Creek, became shared by a couple of blokes sleeping on a picnic table in a swag. I’m not sure if that classes as “being bear aware” or not.We descended down into the valley of Osoyoos and geez it Read more