| On 12th July, we travelled to Vancouver Island.
We took a bus to Tsawwassen, then a ninety minute ferry ride
to Swartz Bay. |
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| At the departure port, there was a display of
light snacks for the trip. |
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The ferry takes a route
weaving between the Gulf Islands - the passages are very
narrow, but the scenery was lovely. |
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| Landing on the island, we first visited the
famous Butchart Gardens. The bedding displays were very colourful
and reminded me of gardens of the 50's. |
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| At lunch, Bruce was joined by a humming bird! |
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After lunch, we took a
bus to Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A tiny
city, but it has some rather grand old buildings. |
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On the trip home, we were
accompanied for five minutes by a pod of killer whales (rotten
photo, but just to prove we DID see them!) |
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Geoff teased Bruce for bringing his
Blackberry on holiday. But what's this? Geoff has been concealing
one of his own! |
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