Blogs from Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

As already said, many animals live in the farm. The horses are nice to us and enjoy some cuddles and brushing from time to time. The cats wonder around our tent and even sleep in front of it, always begging for attention and tasty bites of our food. The dogs have very different personalities: Oliver, the oldest and biggest dog, and also the only male, is not interested in cuddles and uses to lay down without making any noise. Rosy, a young Puddle girl, always enjoys scratching on her back and barks to any new visitor on the farm. And last but not least the two puppies: Blaze and Tia Maria. Blaze is like a storm, jumping, flying from place to place and calling the attention of everyone. Tia Maria, is less impulsive but equal so ... read more

It's been more than one week on the farm now and I haven't seen time go by. I haven't yet met any bears or cougars, and I'm quite happy with that ! It's now much colder since a last few days, frozing at night so I would say the hardest on the farm is just getting out of under my covers in the morning :) I now got into my routine and planning my days as they come. All is going on very well and I also take some time for yoga as Gwen is an excellent teacher. The other day, Gwen told me after I finished work, "go and relax, have a walk with the dogs in the park". I say OK good. And when I arrive in fron of the park it says : ... read more

So as I don't have a car, I have to make the most of it by bus. Take first bus direction Mill Bay, stop at the centre and go and have a walk to the Marina and then along the road to get to Mill Bay ferry. Get to go down on the beach and enjoy nice sceneries from there. Back to Mill Bay Centre and get on another bus direction Shawigan Lake, have a view from the bus and decide to get off the bus at Coble Hill. Have a nice 40 minutes up the Cobble Hill, worth the walk, just look at the pictures, astonishing. And lovely bright sun, can't be better. Then head back down to catch the bus that will bring me back to Duncan downtown. Have the impression I spent more ... read more

October 16, 2013 – Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island We’ve had a couple of wonderful days here into our week-long stay in Cowichan Bay. The weather, once again, is perfect and the blue sky is accentuating the fall colours beautifully. Once just shades of green the deciduous trees (Maples, Oaks and Ashes, to name a few) are now a million varieties of reds and oranges and set against an azure sky they are quite stunning. It’s not just evergreens in Western Canada! The countryside around this house is not unlike England in places with its rolling hills and green meadows with a scattering of Oaks, but then England becomes just a distant memory when you catch sight of the sea against the backdrop of the many islands and inlets that make up the coast of Vancouver Island ... read more

I couldn't upload all my photos on the last entry, so here are the ones that were missing...... read more