Sunday in the Park with Graham

Our Sunday started late. We had some coffee, fruit and yogurt for breakfast in our room, then set off for our visit to Stanley Park.
Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park in British Columbia, Canada, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. There are many thousands of trees of all types, some very old, walking trails, beaches, picnic areas and places to have lunch. We had hot dogs and coffee (Americano of course) at the Third Beach concession. Fabulous.
Sadly 160,000 trees are being culled because of a deadly infestation. Some people are very unhappy about this. But the experts assure everyone that this is necessary. Speaking of experts we were so lucky to meet an experienced bird watcher on our walk, and she told us all about bald eagles which live in Stanley Park. We actually saw one, such an impressive bird. Did you know that 'bald' actually means white - it comes from the Middle English 'ballede', which means 'having a white spot.' Thus 'bald' eagles have white heads. How cool is that?Read more