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Ach it’ll be reet

mayo 2017 - abril 2018
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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 116

    Nanaimo BC

    21 de septiembre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Our visit to Nanaimo was brief, only a day. The weather for the ferry crossing was really sunny. We ended up in an Irish bar on the harbour and after a few lunchtime drinks headed onto our airbnb at Graham and Vicki's. The room was very comfortable and after a nice bath, a first for me (Andy) we headed off for a Indian curry which was Canadian hot.Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 117

    Denman Island & Hornby Island, BC

    22 de septiembre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We were to stay with Ricia on Denman Island for two weeks. After a few hours on the bus from Nanaimo we jumped on the ferry over to Denman Island. The sun was out and we were very much looking forward to our stay with Ricia. After a beer, way too much ice cream and a long wait, Ricia pulled up and we set off a few miles north to her house. The land used to be a co-op and there are three other households on a large piece of land. The house was amazing, one big room with a beautiful stove in the middle and a really eclectic design. Ricia informed us there was another wwoofer from Scotland staying, a man called Liam who was in his mid/late fourties. Liam would rile myself and Maddie up on a number of occasions during our stay. He was nice enough, but a bit of a know it all and the type of person that could sit down with a brain surgeon and tell them them they were doing everything wrong! We would retire on more than one occasion to an early bed. Anyway, this didn't effect our stay. The chores were small and we never quite knew how we could help Ricia out with her small homestead. She would give us a few five minute jobs which I guess she expected us to take fours hours to do! Most of the day we would just be sitting about or going out for a cycle. When Ricia did have time she regularly encouraged us to go off round the island and she often took us around the island to show us things.
    On one day me and Maddie got up early and cycled the 7 miles to the ferry so we could go to the next island over, Hornby Island. We managed to catch the early ferry and spent the day cycling round the island it was a beautiful sunny day and we stopped at Fords cove before hitting the tiny downtown of the island. We cycled down to Tribune Bay and Andy jumped in for a swim in the beautiful crystal clear waters. Back on the bikes we then headed to Helliwell Provincial Park and did a walk along the volcanic cliff top to the point and watched the sea lions. On the way back up the east side of the island we stopped off again in a harbour for another swim in the beautiful crystal clear bay. Eventually we got back to Ricia's after cycling around 25 miles.
    We had our own room in Ricia's out house above the garage which was comfortable enough. We ate good food had a lot of drunken darts nights with Ricia. We went to a couple of concerts on the island which were very hippy type events. On some nights we visited a pot luck at Ricia's friends farm. Everyone had to bring food and we all sat round and chatted and drank beer. On another occasion we visited the beach to watch the full moon, it became quite a boozy messy affair and Maddie became designated driver. Ricia liked her tincture which was an alcohol based marijuana. Cracked me up in the back of the car when she said to me about Maddie's driving. 'I could do better'; she was completely mashed! I was like, nah, Maddie's doing great! Eventually our time came to leave the island and head north. Ricia got up late and like a bat out of hell, drove us to the ferry which we caught with seconds to spare. Farewell to two beautiful islands!    Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 136

    North Island, Vancouver Island

    11 de octubre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    We were excited to get out camping again and explore this remote part of Van Island. It's starting to get into autumn proper now so we're expecting a bit of bad weather, however on reaching Sayward in the peeing rain we were a little disappointed it had come so soon. Fortunately, we managed to look so down-trodden and sorry for ourselves that a benevolent stranger in the bar offered to pay for a hotel room in the place we were camping! Great start to our trip in the North Island!
    The towns in the north are quite industrial, but the scenery more than makes up for it. It's also home to a lot of First Nation communities - we found Vancouver Island to be one of the best places that allowed First Nation people to live their culture in lands that are rightfully their own. Alert Bay in particular was a great example of a First Nation community who are thriving, able to live their traditional way of life in harmony with modern Canadian culture. The 'Namgis First Nation were really welcoming and have done a great job of showing tourists their history and culture - the U'mista cultural centre had an amazing display of masks used in the Potlatch, but it was incredibly sad to learn about how the Canadian/British governments had suppressed and decimated their culture. So much has been lost.    Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 137

    San Josef Bay

    12 de octubre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    San Josef Bay was one of the reasons why we wanted to visit the north of Vancouver Island, but we heard it was a 70km drive down a logging road. After realising it may not be too bad and travelling along the worst road ever on our visit to the little Huson caves a few days earlier, well we decided to give it a go. The logging trucks - when they did come - came flying past which was a bit nerve-racking, but eventually after 2hrs or so we arrived at the parking lot near San Josef Bay. The walk through the forest felt very tense what with finding fresh bear scat and the warnings about the wolves (throw rocks at them, apparently)! We met a couple half way down and after chatting we headed on together through the ancient forest towards the Bay. Eventually we came out into the Bay which was amazing, untouched and one of the remote places we've been to. Maddie had a little paddle in the cold sea and after a beer we said our goodbyes to our short known friends and started the tense walk back to the car. No sign of wildlife fortunately, but as soon as we drove out of the car park, a little black bear ran into the road! We had heard that the pub in Holberg did the best burgers on Vancouver Island so we stopped to try and yep, they are very very tasty.Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 138

    Ucluelet & Tofino

    13 de octubre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Ucluelet and Tofino are beautiful places on the west coast of Vancouver Island. We got to Ucluelet and decided to stay at the Wya First Nation campsite for the night. After driving through the woods we arrived next to a big pile of bear poo (reassuring) and set up our tent on one of the lower pitches in the tree line at the bottom of the bluff. There were only two pitches up above us that were occupied. It was amazing to walk a few feet through the trees out onto the beach. We sat on a massive rock and watched the most amazing sunset. We pulled a bench up to our tent and blocked our tent in then lit a fire and had some food. There were signs about wolves as well as the bear scat in the car park, but we were reassured that no bears were in the area, only cougars..! Eventually we went to sleep only to be woken just before 4am by someone above us clapping and shouting, at what we assumed to be a bear. We were bloody petrified and all we could hear from 4am until gone 5am was the sound of something crashing though the undergrowth and wood/branches breaking. At 6.30am we packed up and got back in the car. An Airbnb was to be booked for the remainder of our stay after Andy's comment at 5am; 'if we survive until dawn, we're staying in an Airbnb for the rest of the week!'. The weather in general was very wet during our 5 days on the west coast. We visited Long Beach on one day which was cool and later, while watching the latest Planets of the Apes film, we saw one scene was filmed there. The forests between Tofino and Ucluelet are very old and there are some cool walks in the ancient groves. The airbnb we stayed in was in Ucluelet and the house was very big, such value for money. We mainly trekked around in the rain and also visited a bar with an old style bowling alley and 'snucker' table. One day we decided we would hire surf stuff, but then it rained hard for almost 36hrs so this didn't happen. Ucluelet and Tofino are beautiful places, but unfortunately we weren't blessed with the best weather. Was still enjoyable though.Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 142

    Victoria, BC

    17 de octubre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Our stay in Victoria was a wet affair. After arriving via the Greyhound bus, we walked with full packs to our airbnb which was quite tiring. The annex was really cool, we had our own kitchen and living room. Downtown Victoria is a fairly small place and was nice to see all the old stone buildings. The place looks very British, but then it would seeing as it's a British colony. After chilling out for the first night we decided to visit the parliament building and after handing over Maddie's two knives to the police, we were allowed in! Parliament was in session so we stayed for the P.Q's which was interesting, but then quickly got annoying with all the jeering and banging on tables from the two sides. It felt like we were back at school. We also did a brewery tour and visited about 3 or 4 over the course of a day. This was really cool and a nice way to get out of rain. On the 3rd day we had booked a Zodiac boat to go out and see the whales, but this was cancelled due to the fact not enough people had the guts to get on the zodiac boat, pfffft! Anyway, we eventually got out there on the big boat and could see the USA on one side and Canada on the other. Our sole purpose was to see whales (esp killer whales). As we had rain gear on we ran straight for the front of the boat, Maddie had warned me to put layers on 'it'll be freezing out there' she said. 'it'll be fine, the sun's out' I replied. Well we barely got out of the harbour and the rain started and then the wind picked up! The layers came on! Maddie's correct again. We didn't see much at the start and then we started to see the spouts of the humpback whales. It really was amazing. One in particular got a bit agitated and did a side roll at the boat kicking a big wave up. It was awesome to watch, but left me feeling a little annoyed with the captain for getting too close and provoking the whale. When the whale watching was finished we visited a lovely bar and also the library. We took a taxi boat to the old harbour and looked at the old house boats before retiring back to the annex. Victoria is a beautiful city that can be done in a few days. Highly recommend a visit!Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 146

    Vancouver and Whistler, BC part 2

    21 de octubre de 2017, Canadá ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

    Back in Vancouver! But even more exciting this time because Maddie's mum has made the trip over to share some time in Vancouver with us. She made the trip over all on her own which for a very nervous flyer is incredibly brave! We explored a lot of downtown Vancouver and did A LOT of walking. Vancouver is a nice city, but really busy even when you get out of town.
    The highlight of the week had to be Whistler though. We hired a car for the day to drive up there and ended up with a huge Dodge 4x4! Slightly ridiculous car, but it was actually quite fun to drive and a bit of a guilty pleasure :). The drive up the Sunshine Coast is stunning and the beautiful sunshine made it even better. It was pretty cold up in Whistler with some snow on the ground. The town is very touristy, but very quaint and even better in the off season! We walked up to a few lakes and were so lucky to see the autumn colours around the lakes and reflected in the water! Whistler is really a lovely village, but I can imagine it's a bit overrun and commercial in the peak season.
    It was so lovely to spend time with mum, but it really did make us realise how much we miss home and family. She (hopefully) had a wonderful time though and even spent a few days in Vancouver on her own!    Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 152

    Seattle, WA, USA

    27 de octubre de 2017, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    A 5am start to the Vancouver Amtrak station this morning and after 1hr sleep for me (Andy), the journey was gonna be tough. The ride to Seattle was gloomy and foggy. We eventually arrived in Seattle and headed to our airb&b where we were greeted by Scott and the dogs. The house was a converted chicken coop and has a really cool tree house in the back. We dumped our bags and after chatting we headed back up into downtown Seattle. We decided to visit Bruce & Brandon Lee's grave which was awesome. The graves were in a huge cemetery that was for the super rich by the looks of it and had the family tombs of the founding fathers of Seattle. We then headed down to the space needle and after getting my bearings wrong and going the total opposite way we eventually arrives at the needle. As we were early we decided to time it right so we could get the sunset. A quick beer stop and then back to needle. The views are incredible and we even saw mounts Olympus and Rainer. So, back to the sports bar for buffalo chicken and a few drinks before heading back on the train. We had to jump off the train and reboard before the ticket guards got us, as we had not paid to go as far. We got away with it!. Seattle is a cool city and bit gutted we didn't have more time.Leer más

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  • MandeeAch it’ll be reet
    Día 154

    La Push, Washington State, USA

    29 de octubre de 2017, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    After driving along the north coast and roughing it in the car, we awoke and decided to visit Cape Flattery which is the most north westerly point (excluding Alaska) of the U.S mainland. The whole area is First Nation Reservation land and after buying our pass we headed to the Cape. From the viewpoint we watched 5 or 6 bald eagles circling around the lighthouse and the seals sitting on the rocks and diving off into the rough looking sea. Eventually we hit the road again in our rather rubbish Ford SUV. We headed for La Push Beach where we would pitch our tent for a few days. La Push is also owned by the First Nation people. The campsite runs alongside the stunning beach where we would see some of the best sunsets ever and I must say, the best campground I've been to. They had a kitchen/lounge with WiFi and plenty of games. We spent most of our evenings in here with beers and lots of food. I planned most of Washington state and one reason to come here was for Maddie to see the hole in the wall on Rialto beach, the formidable rocks that jut straight out of the sand and the wildlife. There are plenty of warnings about the sea on Rialto and the hole in the wall has to be timed at low tide so you can get through. It was fun to clamber over the rocks and we ended up playing chicken with the waves. 'Stupid I know, but so much fun!'Leer más

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