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Blocking Knitted Items in Bon Echo

A few weeks ago we took our first camping trip of the year. Early May can be cold, and the greenery is only starting to wake up, but it is my favourite time of year to camp, next to September. There are no bugs and the other campers (if any) are quiet. The cold is comfortable, because it is easily …

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Killarney 2015

This is a few months late, but too good not to share.  Marcus and I had a 5 day long weekend around Canada day so we booked a much anticipated trip to Killarney Provincial Park.  It was our first trip to this particular park, and will certainly not be our last. Day 1: We set off at the Carlyle lake …

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Good End to a Good Summer

We had planned, for months, to spend the Labour day long weekend at Point Pelee National park. We had a site booked at Wheatley Provincial Park (20 minutes from Pelee), and we packed up our canoe and Lauren’s new kayak. Well sometimes the best laid plans… just don’t pan out.  For those of you who also braved the outdoors last …

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Scotland – The Falls of Acharn

We recently returned from Scotland, where enjoyed 3 short hikes in the Spey valley as part of our travels.  This has to be the best country for hiking I have ever been to.  There are almost more hiking “paths”,  marked by signs that actually say “path”, than there are roads for vehicles.  Everything is quiet, untouched, …and ancient. Most pleasing …

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Welcome Autumn

Autumn is here at last.  I want to say it is the best season in Canada, but it wouldn’t be true.  All the seasons are quite enjoyable in their own ways and I actually can’t think of one I would could bear to miss!  I’m sure we are just very spoiled by having all 4 of them, and plenty of …

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Forks of the Credit 2014

Instead of buying each other Christmas presents, my husband and I indulge ourselves in a post-Christmas trip to Alton, to hike all day in the snow and then eat a ridiculously tasty meal over the waterfall at Millcroft Inn.  We then stay over night in one of the crofts (with real wood fire places!) and stoke up a very toasty, …