Well it’s been a fun week exploring and zig-zagging across Vancouver Island, back now to the mainland and last 5 days of the trip. Sat on a ferry HERE … Continue reading
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Today will see us leaving the wonderful Bates Motel on the Lake and taking another ferry this time back to the mainland and civilisation (boo). On the way back we will stop for a cable car ride HERE … Continue reading
So this is the cheapest hotel we are stopping in at a paltry £170 for the night (yup Canadian prices are astronomic). This place, resembling something from a 1950s slasher set, has the ricipshonist wiv clip inglish, “do you have … Continue reading
A drizzly start from Tofino on the 150km route to Nanaimo where we will bed for the night. We’ve already had to pull off at a surfers beach in a howling gale and now we had to stop at a … Continue reading
A lovely 2 night visit to Tofino on the edge of the Pacific Rim National Park. It’s a quirky, hippy type of small town full of surf shops and non surfing tourists! There is pretty scenery all around us and … Continue reading
I saw one of these featured on “The Long Way Up”, an awesome vehicle and one the UK should get building quickly. I want one of these, a Rivian. All electric SUV, awesome. … Continue reading
In comparison to the deluge yesterday, today is simply baking. Now in search of beaches on Tofino. Looking for a beach HERE … Continue reading
Welcome to TOFINO Long drive today with the last 20km in torrential storms. Currently sat here waiting for the rain to ease so we can get some grub. There was some spectacular scenery on the way here … Continue reading
We stopped HERE for a little boys room, but as you wander round the store, it has so so much more than the UK, tonnes of fresh fruit and veg (not the paltry few items we see). Food counters to … Continue reading
Tomorrow is the longest haul 3 hours plus driving from the quaint towns of Chemainus and Duncan up to Tofino with some long long long winding roads. Chemainus is HERE … Continue reading