Category: travel

local travel

Scenes from a Day Out in Merrickville

This week my friend Liz and I had a day out in Merrickville, Ontario. Sunshine, historic buildings, antique shops. What could be better?

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downtown Ottawa

Out and About in Downtown Ottawa

This is a non-travel travel post, my friends. I’m going to walk around downtown Ottawa and go for tea at the Château Laurier. Want to come?

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fall

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend

It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Turkey, down sleeping bags, travel, chip wagon fries?

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fall camping

Too Many Marshmallows: Fall Camping 2021

Fall camping is the best camping. Crisp nights, long walks, fall colour, and great campfires. No bugs. And few people. What could be better?

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back home

Home and Back Again.

We’re back home from our trip to New Brunswick. We were happy to go and we’re happy to be back. Hope you enjoy the vlog I made of our trip.

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books

The Vicissitudes of Travel

Travel disaster stories make the best travel writing. And Martha Gellhorn writes the best stories about the vicissitudes of travel.

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camping

Escape to the Wilderness

Camping can be balm for the soul. Sometimes. And then there are the other times.

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joys of travel

The Unscratched Travel Itch

Since the pandemic began our travel itch has remained unscratched. Now with the end of lockdown in sight, we are thinking about travel again.

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fashion

Style Inspiration Stories

Where do you look for style inspiration? I’ve always found that travel inspires me. But where do I look now that travel is not possible?

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travel

Tales from Wendy’s Travel Journal

This week I’m reviving my “Tales from My Travel Journal” series with a lovely extract from a reader’s journal written in India, in 1992.

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