Black Squirrels, Birds and Stanley Park, Vancouver
A short visit to Vancouver and I was blessed to be greeted with a beautiful blue day. I’m quite a passionate walker and need no encouragement to put on my boots and head out for a wander….
Vancouver from above: rooftops and cityscapes
You know the drill. One of the ‘must dos’ in a city visit is to find the best viewpoint across the city skyline and photograph it – a day view and a night view if…
Totem Poles of Alert Bay and the U’mista Cultural Centre, Canada
The other blogs in this series from Vancouver Island have tended to concentrate on the landscape, wildlife or tourist activities of the island. Whilst these are, as they would say in Canada “awesome”, the thing…
The Wolf: A Brief Encounter, Vancouver Island
A regular daybreak walk turned into a full on wildlife encounter. Then later it turned into a lesson in conservation management. The day before the encounter I’d been chatting to someone and I was told…
Grizzly Bears of Knight Inlet, British Columbia
We’d been a bit worried that the whole adventure would be called-off as the weather forecast was not good. A gale was due to be blowing up to 35 knots up the Johnson Straight and…
Discovering Vancouver Island
As well as seeing some of the magnificent Canadian wildlife, my recent visit to Vancouver Island gave me the chance to learn a little about the history and peoples of British Columbia – from the…
Wildlife And Nature Of British Columbia
Vancouver Island in Canada is home to some truly spectacular wildlife and Telegraph Cove is without a doubt one of the best places to see it. This remote coastal community lies on the Johnstone Strait,…