Friday 15 July 2011

Our new home on the lake

 
July 15, 2011 - Keswick, Canada

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Beechcroft House

This is Beechwood, our new home for the Summer. A beautiful House on the lake. 

 

 

 

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Spacious bedroom

We have a very comfortable apartment with a large bedroom and huge lounge.

 

 

 

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Our lounge

 

 

 

 

 

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Woodchuck, or Groundhog, that lives under the porch

This is our closest neighbour who lives under the porch.

 

 

 

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Lunch above the falls

After a hard first two week in the height of the Summer season we drove to Niagara on our first day of and had lunch in a restaurant at the top of a Tower overlooking the falls.

 

 

 

 

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The fleet

The cars we get to drive, and clean.

 

 

 

 

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Beechcroft House

Some of the expansive lawn, that needs mowing.

 

 

 

 

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Beechcroft House

 

 

 

 

 

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Barneys tractor

But we have the tools for the job.

 

 

 

 

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Dock on the lake

The large dock on the lake.

 

 

 

 

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Dock on the lake

 

 

 

 

 

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Some people visit the farm, or it comes to you.

During one busy party a petting zoo came to visit for the kids ( and adults ) to pet.

Friday 1 July 2011

UK visit with tree swinging via NY

 

July 1, 2011 - Scarborough, United Kingdom

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New York tourists

We left Sea Gal in a hurry. Just enough time to cover the hatches and show Geoff how to work the bilge pump. We flew via New York on the cheapest deal we could find, which meant a 9 hour stop over. We decided to make the most of our time and caught the train into the city for a bit of tourism. After a couple of hours walking and shopping the tourists were a bit jaded.

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Happy at last

But this put a smile on their faces, along with a fat boy lunch in our 'usual' restaurant under the Empire State Building. Most people visit this building to go to the top, we are usually in a hurry or cant afford the rise, so go to the basement instead for beer and burgers.

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Going Ape team

Once back in the UK we spent a few days in Bristol and Bath with Lindy, Fiona, Bill, Rory and Josie. The a rush round the UK to Kingston(Jerry), Lindfield ( Jason et al), Ipswich (Jams), Doncaster(Natalie) and finally to Ganton to see Iris and join in with her 70th birthday celebrations.

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Yvonne the monkey

For the main event we went to a Go Ape facility which has you swinging around in the trees and travelling down long zip wires.

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Stepping stones in the trees

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Diane on the zip line

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Ready for the zip wire

Iris managed to complete the course and here she is with a big smile about to jump from the top of a tree to zip wire 200ft above the car park.

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Iris above the car park

We had a whirlwind 10 days in the UK, but managed to catch up with many of our nearest and dearest.. so on to Canada and a new adventure.