We are still sailing up the St Lawrence river, and today we are is Trois Rivieres, which is a small town half way between Quebec and Montreal. We went to an island park this morning, to a paper museum this afternoon, and I am now borrowing mcDonalds wifi to write this!

This is my second visit to Quebec, and I was very pleased to find that the boardwalk, which was being renovated when I was here two years ago, is now back in use. I walked all the way along it, enjoying the views over the Appalachian and the Laurentian mountains. The city is kept in amazing condition - some of the buildings are well over 300 years ( Read more... )

After almost a fortnight of hurricane-dodging, we have finally arrived in Canada! The scenery around here is amazing, and although I know we are on the wrong coast for it, looks perfect for a grizzly bear to go salmon-fishing in the lakes. A volunteer historical reenactment group had set up on the quay this morning, and as well as all the usual ( Read more... )

Just leaving th Azores. It has been a very hot day here, so I was glad that I went up into the moutains to look at the blue and green lakes in the main crater on this island. I also saw the hundreds of small volcanic cones that connect the two parts of this island, then went to a pineapple plantation where I sampled some pineapple liqueur. five ( Read more... )

Have had a very pleasant day in Cork and Cobh. All the people we have met have been as friendly as Irish people are reputed to be! The sea has been very calm so far, but we're heading towards a hurricane (or perhaps it is heading towards us!) so we are being diverted to the Azores and missing out Halifax and Sydney. The captain says that this way ( Read more... )

I finally have something worth posting about! I'm writing this aboard the Balmoral, currently sailing down Southampton Water towards the Isle of Wight, next stop Cobh in Ireland, and then Canada. I'll be going along the St Lawrence River as far as Montreal, also stopping in Quebec and Halifax.

I haven't posted anything here for a while, but that's mainly because not a lot has happened that's worth posting about! Er, my bike and I had an uncomfortably close encounter with a pavement, I'm going on holiday to Canada (again) next September, and I've found that owning an iPad has increased my writing productivity by over 150% - although I ( Read more... )

Well, actually I've already been on holiday for 2 1/2 weeks, but this is the first reliable wifi connection I've found! I've been travelling around the Mediterranean, and today I am in Motril, Spain. The weather has been remarkably good everywhere, and I may be in danger of coming home with a suntan. Back in England in another four days, and ( Read more... )

Thanks to all the recent problems with livejournal, I have decided to make use of my dreamwidth account too. Hopefully I've got this cross-posting business figured out ( Read more... )

Dear Devon and Cornwall Constabulary ( Read more... )