local travel
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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?
downtown Ottawa
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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?
fall
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Happy Thanksgiving Weekend
It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Turkey, down sleeping bags, travel, chip wagon fries?
fall camping
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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?
back home
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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.
books
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The Vicissitudes of Travel
Travel disaster stories make the best travel writing. And Martha Gellhorn writes the best stories about the vicissitudes of travel.
camping
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Escape to the Wilderness
Camping can be balm for the soul. Sometimes. And then there are the other times.
joys of travel
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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.
fashion
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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?
travel
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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.