Thursday 6.5.2010 day 204 Hanging out in Canada Today we just hung out at our resort in Canada and booked some more accommodation in Mexico. ... read more

Tuesday 4.5.2010 day 202 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls was so exciting. To get there we drove along some fantastic country roads and alongside Lake Ontario. From the first minute that I first saw the falls they made me feel energised it was very cool having all the spray wash over me. It is the second largest waterfall in the world. I would love to see the largest now. I cannot believe that the fall froze over totally in 1911. The first person to go over the falls in a barrel and survive was a 63 year old female school teacher. The falls is one of the most romantic places in earth with lots of people getting engaged and honeymooning there every year. As I got no romance there I do not think I will ever get ... read more

Sunday 2.5.2010 day 200 Out of the UK at last Today we flew from Heathrow to Toronto then hired a car and drove to our new resort near Toronto. Our flight was delayed by 30 minutes on the runway due to rain but other than that it was a good flight. When we got to Canada we were surprised how expensive the car hire was when we looked on line it was about $250 a week and the Canadian dollar and the $Aus are very close but when we got here we found out that did not include breakdown or damage cover or taxes and all of that cost more than the car rental so we have hired a car for a week and will see if we can find anything cheaper for the next week ... read more

Friday 30.4.2010 day 198 Ghost Tours and Devil’s stones Today we went on a ghost tour with our resort to Shebbear there is a devil stone there that was ether dropped out of the devils pocked when he came to earth or he though the stone at the nearby church and missed. The stone appeared on the 10th of November 1616 and each year on this date 6 church bell ringers turn the stone over with the whole village looking on. The stone is turned to keep the devil away. After looking at the stone we went into the nearby church. The church was locked and when we found someone to open it for us they told us that the church was locked due to someone going into the church and turning all the heaters on ... read more

Wednesday 28.4.2010 day 196 Holsworthy Markets My friend got his hair cut and then we went to the Holsworthy farmers Markets today and got a lot of locally grown produce for meals for the rest of the week. Then we went to the live animal markets and saw the calves and sheep’s being auctions there was also cow and lambs. There was so many farmers there it was lots of fun. ... read more