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Mumtraveller - Lynne Brown

Well it's over a year since my last entries on my trip to Australia and New Zealand. Since then I have been on quite a few trips - France, Spain, Italy and Sweden to mention but a few.
I am travelling alone most of the time since my husband died more than 2 years ago - we loved to travelling and meeting new people - so I am just carrying on with that.
I start off on a 6 week trip to Canada in September - Rockies and Vancouver followed by Ontario ( where I lived some time ago. I am hoping to meet up with new friends and old, and looking forward to some luxury camping in an RV.

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By Mumtraveller
October 26th 2008

Packing to leave. North America » Canada » Ontario » Kingston

Hi all This is my last blog for this trip - apart from when I get home and put a few photos on . Tomorrow evening I fly back home from Toronto and will be back at Gatwick on Tuesday morning. These last few days have been a nice easy time - no big drives or spectacular scenes - but some lovely local walks in Conservation areas - one was by Lake Ontario to savour the last colours of fall. Also I met up with an old friend and work colleague, Elisabeth, from when I worked in the Psychiatric Hospital here [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 22nd 2008

Mission Bear Paws accomplished. North America » Canada » Ontario » Kingston

Hi all Now that I am in Kingston in one place for a week I have got computer access so I can get up to date. Re- the bear paws - no I am not going around killing bears and cutting their little paws off ( with my Swiss army knife) - the bear paws in question are salad servers made from lovely Canadian cherrywood - we saw them out West and of course I didnt buy them there cos I though "I am not carrying them all over Canada with me"- but attempts to find them in various places in [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 21st 2008

Sitting Bull and Marie Antoinette? North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

Hi everyone, Report on 3 days in Toronto last week. You must all be wondering what these 2 famous people in the headline have in common - well on a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto I was able to see one of Marie Antoinette's gorgeous dresses and also Sitting Bull's war bonnet alongside other items of his clothing. The ROM is bringing items out of the Archives for certain periods of time giving us ordinary folks a chance to have a peek!!! There is always such a strange and wonderful feeling for me reaching back into history [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 16th 2008

2 blogs in one day. North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

Sorry about the delay in the last blog - had trouble with the website - couldnt get on - so wrote it up on Word on Sunday/ Monday. Then tried to use a library here in Toronto and copy and paste but it wouldn't work so now I am using a friends computer and eventually have got sorted but now I am a few days behind again ....DRAT!!! But anyway I am in Toronto and have been here since Tuesday when I came on the train ....will write up details of this asap. Message for Marilyn and Tel - great news [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 16th 2008

Counting Chickens - report on my last week. North America » Canada » Ontario

From Brantford Ontario. Well, who would believe it but I have been lying in the sun by Bev and Peter’s pool - 26 deg here - blue blue skies and it was so tempting that I actually had a dip in the pool - Peter did warn me about hypothermia - but I took no notice till I got in. Took my breath away - swam up and down VERY QUICKLY and go out. It did cool me down though. This is Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada - and to top it all it was my host’s Ruby Wedding Anniversary. So we [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 10th 2008

4 days in Vancouver. North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » Stanley Park

Hello again - thought I better get you up to date with our Vancouver stay before I move on in Ontario again!! Thanks for all the comments - nice to hear from you all. And Bob well done for painting the house and making apple crumble - Michael would be proud of you. Anne and Rosslyn - I hear you are in touch now and will be able to meet up in NZ - great stuff this internet for travelling and making new friends. WORLD NEWS - I am trying to avoid the news at the moment but couldn't help find [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 6th 2008

Porteau Cove- Home alone with Billybob. North America » Canada » British Columbia » Squamish

Hi evryone - and yes Lynne S. I am getting your messages so you are not as daft as you think you are on the computer - say hi to all the Surrey/ London gals. The last day with Billybob and I dropped the girls off in Whistler so that they could do the seaplane adventure flight to Vancouver leaving me to drive Billybob. The weather was wonderful and I tried to persuade Suz to drive BB and I would take her place in the plane but she wasn't having any of that!!! And because the baggage allowance on the plane [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 5th 2008

Wildlife report - Yes we did see a bear! North America » Canada » British Columbia » Whistler

I am getting so confused - writing this up a week after - that I forgot to say - we did see a bear. Driving on the highway between Banff and Lake Louise - I glimpsed this v BIG black dog in a field and thought - whats a big balck dog doing there and of course silly me - it wasn't a dog it was black bear- we were past it in no time and couldnt stop - it was so quick and Tracie said she saw it too - but Suz didnt see it. Left you all last time [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 3rd 2008

Camping Report from The Rockies with Billybob. North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Hi everyone Well there is soooo much to catch up on in the last 7-8 days since I had internet access - and it's a lie I am not in the Rockies now but in Vancouver hotel - but I thought I would just give a camping report - as I have left the girls in the hotel BAR (!!!) - they have had a pitcher of beer at a micro brewerey, cocktails in Gastown and I dont know how many pear ciders in the hotel bar , since I left them on the BIGBUS at lunch time. I have been [View Full Entry]

By Mumtraveller
October 3rd 2008

Elks Galore!! North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park

Hi everyone Got to try and catch up before I set sail ( well fly actually) to Ontario tomorrow. So where was I - setting off on the Icefields Highway to Jasper I think. This is one of those roads in the world that you don't want to miss - and it does not fail to live up to expcectations - the mountain scenery and colours of the rivers and lakes as well as the autumn colours of the trees and most of the time the sun was shining made this an exceptional trip. There was snow on the mountains and [View Full Entry]

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