Last weekend we travelled to Wellington, something we do often. You’d think by now it would be a seamless operation, a casual chucking-in-the-car of a couple of bags and a couple of people but it’s not. Okay, it’s easier than when we did it only a couple of times a year and had to close […]
Western Brook Pond
31st July-4th August We leave the Vikings and begin our journey south. This feels like the turning point of the holiday, the point where we are now heading towards home rather than away from it, even though we still have weeks left. We return to Gros Morne National Park, this time staying north of Bonne […]
Visiting Vikings
28-30th July L’Anse aux Meadows sits at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, the ‘finger’ that points to Greenland. We deliberated about visiting – the drive from Bonne Bay is nearly five hours – but in the end decided we really wanted to see the site where Vikings lived a thousand years ago. The trip isn’t […]
Gros Morne: Tablelands
25-27th July Gros Morne, the largest National Park in Newfoundland, is effectively split into two where the sea punches inland with the long, steep-sided, arm of Bonne Bay. The hills rise behind our accommodation, the sun sinking into them in the early evening and offering a brief respite from the heat. The next morning ominous […]
Toulinquet*
21-24th July The road to Twillingate, the northernmost point of the Kittiwake Coast, is a twisty affair. It winds around small headlands and smaller coves and crosses causeways that link the many islands. Finally it ends at the sea and, for us, a view of a large iceberg framed perfectly by the harbour heads. Less […]
To the Island
19-20th July 2023 On the drive to the Fogo Island ferry terminal, the calm beauty of the Wonder Shore receding in the rearview mirror, we joke that we must be relaxed as we haven’t checked ferry times and we’re not really stressing about it. We arrive at 12.15 to find we’ve just missed a ferry […]
Wonder-full
As it does, time passes and holidays long in the planning are soon merely memories. So it is with this one. Our Canadian adventure is over, succeeded by a short trip to England, and we are now back home in Ohakune. As with all our holidays, I’m too busy seeing new sights and embedding myself […]
‘Ave a Gander
14-15th July 2023 When early cross-Atlantic flights began in the 1950s there was no possibility of carrying enough fuel to complete the journey between Europe and the major destinations in North America so a refuelling stop was necessary. Enter Gander, Newfoundland, which soon became known as the crossroads of the world, the title fading with […]
Oh Buono Vista
10-14th July 2023 In 1497, John Cabot, a Genoan sailing under an English flag (hence the Anglicisation of his name from Giovanni) spotted land for the first time since leaving Britain. Oh, buono vista! he exclaimed. Thus was the Bonavista Peninsula, and the town, named. The town is a strange place, roads twisting and bending, […]
Welcome to Newfoundland
10th July 2023 My first thought in Newfoundland is how friendly the welcome is. We’re queuing at the airport to collect our hire car when a man from a rival company offers to help us as he can access their system from my desk. He’s friendly and chatty. First time on the island? He asks, […]
Tracy Annenberg 