The autumn season has arrived, and the vibrant colours surround me as I walk the Grand Boulevard in North Vancouver, once known as “The Broadest City Avenue in America”. The Grand Boulevard was featured as the North Shore’s Own Champs Elysées. This story begins in 1908, when the North Vancouver Land and ImprovementContinue reading “Walking The Grand Boulevard”
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Berwick-upon-Tweed’s Riding the Bounds
Serendipity comes to surprise at unexpected moments. May 1, 2015, Don, Thomas and I travelled from Edinburgh, Scotland to Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, a small distance of approximately 55 miles or 88 kilometers by train. It was a beautiful spring day that offered blue skies with intermittent rain clouds. We were roaming the Scottish Borders, theContinue reading “Berwick-upon-Tweed’s Riding the Bounds”
Lady Budd 