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This is a test to see whether I can load videos ok…bare with me please😉🤞🏽 Another test…mural from Vancouver Airport…😉🇨🇦
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Having hit the hay c. 9pm and still had, despite our overwhelming tiredness, a few hours awake, the proverbial feather succeeded in knocking me down when we finally awoke at 11.45am – anyone who knows me well will also know that’s unheard of in Greer sleeplore😴 And, as we came to terms with having “lost”
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After a very smooth overnight flight from Air Canada, but with hardly any sleep…mainly due to getting totally engrossed in the Martin Scorsese 3 and a half hour film, Killers of the Flower Moon, which is based on a true story…. ….we touched down at Heathrow bang on schedule at 11.50 am at Terminal 2…
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This morning we awoke to a clearer sky and more snow on the North Shore Mountains.. On our first day here Rob, a mandolin player of some standing in the Bluegrass community, told me the tale of how a local Luthier, Michael Dunn – ifwho has a very interesting backstory…. .had presented him with a
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With today being our last full day in Canada – we fly to Heathrow tomorrow departing at 6.30pm – Plan A was to go Nordic Skiing on the local Cypress Mountain, where conditions had morphed from poor to excellent over the last week… …and this was confirmed by our views from L&R’s deck… However, after
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We had a slow start to the day, during which I was privileged to get a “private mandolin lesson” from Rob… …this was much appreciated… …especially when I got the chance to wrap my recalcitrant fingers round his Gibson f style Mandolin – very similar to the one on the left here… …and you can
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With the day greeting us with a smattering of snow falling we enjoyed a relaxed morning discussing Rob’s concert the previous evening… After Leith returned from her daily run she drove us up Burnaby Mountain (where there was a tad more snow) to the place where she has worked for more than 30 years, Simon
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Having left on this adventure on 17 Dec 23 – 75 days ago – moving into March triggered the thought that we only had 5 days left of what has been, especially for me, a lifetime’s ambition that has exceeded all expectations…☺️ Knowing that we would be going to a house concert this evening where
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This morning Leith drove us the 9km across Burnaby to one of her favourite running loops… … where we enjoyed a 2 hour walk that included spotting a beaver dam – plus how much damage they can do to large trees – and an eagle’s nest; come join us on our stroll (although I did
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With some “precipitation” about Julie and I opted to take the “bendy bus” into the district of Downtown Vancouver… Our day was going to be split into 4 distinct parts.. Part 1 – Vancouver Art Gallery There were 4 exhibitions to explore in this lovely building… Before we started looking around lunch called…and there was
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