On Sunday we set off on an epic walk. Over the bridge to the seriously lovely Granville Island. The Island was once the heart of Industrial Canada but the statement that the only industry here now is serious art, food and a great market was supported by the old painted silos overlooking the happenings on Granville. We stopped for breakfast on the water and then took off around Stanley Park a bracing 12km stroll around the Vancouver seawall. The colors were unbelievably beautiful with the Fall changing the maple trees to the wonderful shades of orange and red. As we headed toward the park, the quiet streets of Vancouver, with its wonderful waterfront views overlooked by the majestic Rockies, was interrupted by zombies giving us the most fearful stares. The streets were filled with ghosts, ghouls and giggling Asian girls dressed as pumpkins who were collecting the rubbish of the locals who were out to see the Halloween parade. Halloween will happen for us on Wakiki beach but the Vancouver locals were getting started a couple of weeks early. Well we walked and walked and walked. Canadian geese, amazing views, totem poles and 35000 steps later we wandered back to our great hotel and had a wee drink to celebrate why we love Canada.
Sleeping under the stars 