Blogs from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, North America

Saturday was spent gardening, cleaning and preparing for the Susan’s birthday barbeque. I was given the responsibility of using the Whipper Snipper to cut the edge of the grass. Whipper Snipper is a much better name for a grass trimmer than Strimmer! I was also given the responsibility of loading the charcuterie board and assisting with frying the onions. Susan did so much in the morning that she needed a bit of a nap in the afternoon! It was lovely to meet some more of Susan’s friends, and a very pleasant evening was had by all with plenty of food and drink being consumed. The mossies were out again though! Having started our celebrations quite early, we were tidied up and in bed at a sensible time, however some of the neighbours weren’t, with a party ... read more

After a slightly restless night I woke to 3 emails from Air Canada informing me of delays. The most recent one citing a delay of 2 ¼ hours. Ah well, at least I can spend time comfortably in the lounge once I get to the airport. The journey on the Heathrow Hoppa went without any problem, although I did get a slightly later one than I’d planned. I sailed through check-in and security, then stopped briefly to complete a very easy Adventure Lab cache. After a bit of window shopping I walked the 15 or so minutes to the Maple Leaf lounge. Brekkie was yummy, and as I type this I only have another 2 ¾ hours to kill before the gate will be on the departures board. I feel a glass of something might help... ... read more

So I lasted 3 weeks back in the UK before my travel itch got soooooo bad that I set off again. For some crazy reason I decided to go to Canada in the depths of Winter - I flew to Toronto 26th November and ended up staying in Canada until 7th January 2011. My main justification was cheap board at my mate Robbie’s pad in Southern Ontario in return for a bit of cooking, housework and dog minding This ended up including clearing up several tons of dog sick when his lovely black lab Roddy ate something nasty on the farm and his sweet long haired jack russell, Lilly, upchucked in sympathy, but it was still better than working. I am horrendously behind in writing the blogs so this will be briefer than normal and not ... read more

Before leaving Canada to see the world, I thought I should tie up some loose ends for those who want to follow along with what I'm doing. Here are some handy websites: For Kiwi Experience - to see what I'll be doing in New Zealand: www.kiwiexperience.com To see what time it is where I am, use the website: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ -- start with the Australia/Pacific for times in New Zealand. For once (or twice!) in my life I'll always be WAY ahead of everyone else! Anyway, that's all for now... just wanted to give you a heads-up on some of the things i'll be doing oh-so-soon! ... read more