If you’re visiting Prince Edward Island in Canada, then there’s one name you’ll keep seeing – Anne Shirley. Better known as Anne of Green Gables, she might be fictional but has she has a serious fan club which stretches…
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It started on the plane over from Toronto, where every other person getting on board seemed to know each other. There were calls across the aisles asking how the meeting or gig had gone, and my driver got some…
2017 is going to be Canada’s year. It celebrates its 150th birthday with events all over the country – peaking on Canada Day on 1 July – as well as free entry to all Canadian National Parks for the…
For four days our journey along the Trans-Canada Highway from Calgary to Toronto took us through the heart of the prairies. Our RV rolled along miles of long straight roads, passing fields of vivid yellow canola, nodding oil wells…
Two sisters, two weeks, 4500km, four provinces and three times zones – our leg of the #ExploreCanada road trip was epic in more ways than one. Especially considering neither or us had ever been in an RV (motorhome) before.…
It’s a summery Wednesday morning in Ontario. From our boat we can see children splashing in the shallows and building sandcastles on the shore. A canoe rests on the water’s edge and a group of friends picnic under a…
After falling in love with Canada last year, I’m heading back tomorrow to explore some more, and this time I’ll be road-tripping through the heart of the country. It’s all part of the #ExploreCanada road trip – a blogger…
When I first heard that my trip to Canada was going to involve a few days out in the remote Great Bear Rainforest, I did wonder if I was going to be roughing it. But it turns out that…
Think of a rainforest and you imagine tropical heat, howling monkeys, scuttling insects and colourful birds. But a rainforest doesn’t have to be hot – there’s also another, lesser-known version, the temperate rainforest. They’re both packed with natural riches…
‘World’s Most Liveable City’, ‘Top Destination in Canada’ – Vancouver really knows how to win awards, and it’s easy to see why. It’s got big-city facilities with a friendly, relaxed feel. If you love the outdoors you have snow-covered…
Looking at a map of Canada, Vancouver Island isn’t much more than a dot off the coast of British Columbia. But this is Canadian scale – where everything is bigger than it looks. In reality it’s the largest Pacific…
