Tuesday 13th June: day trip to Stowe Our run of good luck with the weather petered out today. We woke to rain and this put an end to our half-day bike ride along the Burlington Greenway. The rain eased up after a couple of hours but it was still too wet for a bike ride… More

Sunday 11th June: travel to Burlington, Vermont. It was a glorious morning and perfect weather for the huge Pride parade that was happening in Albany this morning. We went for a walk around Washington Park, and through a bit more of the city, and discovered more magnificent homes in this area. Clearly, around Washington Park… More

Saturday 10th June   It was a beautiful sunny day for our drive up to Albany. Mark started the morning off with a bike ride and I had one last walk around Mystic. The drive from Mystic to Albany takes about 3 hours. We stopped at the Dam Cafe in Holyoke on the way and… More

Thursday 8th June: Mystic Harbor Cruise Day It was another mild and sunny morning but the impact of the Canadian wild fires still lingered here in Newport with smoke haze filtering the sun, thereby giving an eerie golden glow, and masking the colour of what should have been a beautiful blue sky. The main dampener… More

Tuesday 6th June: Cliff Walk Day It was a much warmer start to the day, and without the awful wind, which was good news for us as we planned to do for the very popular 3 1/2 mile Cliff Walk along the Newport coastline. This route takes you past many of the mansions that have… More

Sunday 4th June: arrival day Our lodging in Newport for the next 4 days was at The Marshall Slocum Inn; a boutique hotel where we had the one bedroom apartment. I’d had trouble finding anything in the area within a reasonable budget but was quite pleased with my choice. It was large, light-filled, clean and… More

Friday 2nd June  There was another hiccup with our travel plans; with our day of travel from Vancouver to Boston via Toronto. Our flight from Vancouver to Toronto was delayed first by 2 hours, then by 3, and then by 4, meaning we would not be making our connecting flight from Toronto to Boston. Apparently,… More

Monday 29th May The next main stop on our journey after Lake Louise was Kelowna. I’d initially marked this place in as it’s the location of a designer influencer I follow on Instagram and her description of her home town sounded so appealing that I’d thought a short stop here might be nice. However, since… More

Saturday 27th May It was a glorious sunny morning for our drive to Lake Louise and we got away from Calgary by 8.30 am. It was 9.30 am by the time we arrived in Canmore so we stopped off at Communitea for breakfast. This was a great little cafe and worth a visit if you’re ever… More

Thursday 25th May It was a lovely sunny, albeit cool, morning for our journey to Calgary. We got away from Banff just after 9 am and made our first stop shortly after at Canmore to get a coffee for Mark. I’d been keen to check out Canmore as I’d heard it was a great alternative… More