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Brentwood Bay, the Butchart Botanical Gardens and Victoria

June 22nd 2019
Saturday 22nd June 2019 Our drive from the West Pacific coast to the east of Vancouver Island on Thursday was yet another sensational scenic and memorable journey. On the way we went to a Salvation Army “Thrift store” in a town called Duncan, which has a fair percentage of families in need (sadly a disproportionate number of these are First Nation communities). We spoke to the manager th ... read more

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23rd June 2019

ALAN.
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RANDY LOOKS A TAD LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD IN PIC.3. AND I THINK IN A' CE' FILM CLINT WAS KNOWN AS RANDY..BY NAME AND NATURE!!!!!! THE GARDENS CERTAINLY ARE READY MADE FOR THE CAMERA... ENJOY YOUR LAST WEEK AS I WILL YOUR BLOGS...

24th June 2019

Barbara Collins
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Botanical gardens
Hi Viv and John What beautiful scenery and they must get a real mix of weather to get roses like that or do they water all the time. It looks like a lovely life on Vancouver Island. Victoria looks interesting and I’ve already seen the picture of the whale so lovely way to end your last days in Canada. Love Barb and Dave xx

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Viv and John Cussell

Really lush here due to very varied weather Barb. A lot of Vancouver Island is rainforest. Wonderful place!

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