Today started early at 5.45 am with scrambled eggs and avocados for us all and especially for Chris to fuelhim through his race. As predicted, it was pouring with rain and even Chris came back after leaving, to get another layer of clothing. The race started at 7 and the support crew made their way on foot to Burrard Bridge for our best vantage point to view the race.Chris was running with Shamil, so we knew he would be slowervthan his normal speedy time. As w...

Today went well until we tried to board the ferry back to Horseshoe Bay for my dental appointment at 1.30pm. There was an unexpected rush of vehicles wanting to use the ferry (presumably due to the continuing heavy rain forcing people to come home early). The result was that Millie failed to board the ferry and I had to go on as a foot passenger and take the bus back to Vancouver, then run to The dentist's surgery on West Cordova. I made it only a few minutes ...

Woke to the expected heavy rain. after discussion with the friendly staff ar John Henry's Resort and Marina we moved from Mussel Bay cabin (no views) to Prawn Palace (stunning bright red cabin with yellow shutters and an oceanside position with amazing views!) Went for a run when the rain eased but soon realised that in this weather we might as well just get suitably dressed and go kayaking. They had two really nice single kayaks with rudders and we set off to...

Another beautiful morning and time for an early paddle before breakfast and checkout. Then we drove south on the Sunshine Coast ale trail to sample some craft beers at the Townsite Brewery in Powell River. After the ferry from Saltery bay back to Earls Cove we turned north towards Egmont to hike to Skookumchuck Narrows at the entrance to Sechelt Inlet to see the Sechelt Rapids. This is a fabulous hike through ancient mossy forest to see the point at which the in...

Awoke to sunshine and watched the ripples from the sound below us reflected on the bedroom walls and ceiling. We fancied going for a short pre-breakfast run to explore our surroundings and ran up the Malaspina Road to the start of a section of the Sunshine Coast trail. It looked lovely, and after toiling uphill along the tarmac road, we decided to keep going along the beautiful forest trail with its soft and bouncy path between the trees towards a small rocky ...