Canada Day ...

Canada celebrates it's birthday on the 1st of July each year and this small town is no exception.

We have been down to the park area for the party and to join in the fun.

The town was named Souris  (pronounced Surrey)  by the French and it means mouse.

This character is the Souris Mouse and he went around  welcoming everybody to the park.

There was lots of stalls and entertainment as well as a talent show for the local youth .... and the sun was so hot all day long.

Now this is a couple of strange men that we found at the park all dressed up for Canada Day..... Naomis' Troy and my "Film Crew" having a laugh.

Griff bought a Canada T-shirt and has flags draped around his neck ... and Troy has red glasses with flashing lights along each side.

But we had fun and tonight there is more to come.  Music on the beach ... which is just outside Naomis'  front door.... and we are having a BBQ with all of their friends.

Great vacation so far and very kind weather too.

Hugs xx

Charlottetown

We have really enjoyed our stay here in Canada and the people are so friendly.

One of the things we were invited to do was dine with Troys parents ...Yvonne and Bob at their beautiful home.

We had a lovely visit and it was so strange to be sat in a Canadian home with lovely Canadian people .... chatting about .... Coronation St.

It is a much loved programme over here although they are several months behind us in the UK.

And this is the lady that gave us a wonderful meal and made us feel so welcome in her home.

Thank you Bob and Yvonne

Hugs xx

Craft Shopping ...

Today we decided to make a trip into Charlottetown  and of course the main reason was to go to the big craft shop here called "Michaels"

We spent a long time wandering around and Ooohed and Aaahed over lots of things.

Naomi wanted  the Grand Calibur and that was the first thing crossed off the list.

There it is in the photo with some of the other "Goodies" we bought.... and of course we had to play later in the evening.

One of Naomis friends had paid us a visit and needed a card for her daughters wedding this Saturday and so this is what we came up with as  a joint effort.

Patricia is coming to collect the card today and we are hoping that she will like it as much as we do.

Hugs xx

Anne of Green Gables

What a lovely trip out we had today and the weather was lovely for us .... all day.

The roads out here are amazing and so straight.,, and for mile after mile we could have been the only car on the road.  Griff has really enjoyed the driving and I have sat back and enjoyed the view.

We drove through the countryside and  many pretty towns on our route.  St Peters was one of the beautiful places we passed.

Eventually we arrived in Cavendish, and found the heritage site for   Anne of Green Gables.

I read the book many years ago and had forgotten just how enchanting the story was.

But coming over on the plane it was one of the films available to watch.... and so awakened my curiosity again about the place itself.  And it was one of the areas to be visited while we are here.

As we walked through the Haunted Wood a lady offered to take a photo of the two of us.... and here it is.

It has been a really good day and we have lots planned for the rest of our stay.

Hugs xx

Prince Edward Island

My Canadian adventure has started and this is the first post from  our holiday on Prince Edward Island.


Our flight from Heathrow  was delayed by two hours and so it was quite a long wait to finally get going.  But once in the air we settled down for our 6 hour flight.... and we spent our first night in Halifax.

We rented a car and once we finally collected it we went to our hotel.   The next day we set off on our trip over to the Island and we took the ferry from Pictou   for the sailing across to the Island.


As we got to the ferry point they were staring to load it up  and we drove straight on. We were the last car to get on so consequently we were the last to get off.  But as we drove towards the terminal we saw some crazy people standing at the side of the road waving a huge Canadian  flag.  


It was Naomi and her family waiting for us and the meeting was such fun. Griff  was driving and as I got  out of the car Naomi had the biggest hug for me. It was lovely to meet them all Naomi Troy and Michael and the welcome was so warm.

We had the next day to settle down and then it was off to start exploring this lovely island.and the sun shine was lovely. 


Naomi took us to East Point and from there we discovered lots more.


This picture was taken on the  Singing Sands and we had such a laugh trying to make them "sing"

Of course my "Film Crew" was on hand to film all the silly aspects.  But we certainly made those sands sing....

It was lovely to explore and we went to the top of the lighthouse and the view was amazing.

We had coffee in a little cafe there and took some more photos and this is Naomi expecting some rain....

There is so much more to do and I will add more photos as I take them.

Hugs xx