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, […]
A Whale of a Time
Few sights in the world are as awe-inspiring as that of a spout of water gushing into the air from the sea, followed by the knobbly lump of cetacean flesh that caused it rising through the waves. I’ve seen whales a few times and each time is like the first, the thrill of seeing something […]
Toronto (Yes, we CN…)
Seeing unfamiliar place names when I arrive somewhere new always sends a thrill through me, tinged with a frisson of fear. It’s an awareness of the unknown, that I could so easily be lost and never find my way home, but also the excitement of so much to explore and so many new things to […]
A to B
The week before travel in our house is a mix of excitement at the upcoming holiday and mild panic that swings between what we have to do before we leave, and what might possibly go wrong before we arrive at our destination. If I’m honest, there’s little we in the latter and it’s fully I. […]
Tracy Annenberg 