After a really good night’s sleep (the first one in days) we woke up early this morning and looked out of the window. It was still dark (it didn’t get light until 8.00am) and a glittering coat of frost covered the ground. A quick look at the TV showed us that the current temperature was…
Category: Land-based holidays
The Charm of Churchill
As expected, we were awake bright and early – very early in fact as we were still on UK time. So I was out of bed before 6.00am and had the coffee percolator on whilst taking a long, hot shower. We had the morning to spend in Winnipeg as we were due to fly up…
Welcome to Winnipeg
Once again it was time to depart on yet another long-awaited holiday – not a cruise this time for a change! 🙂 Instead, we were flying out to Canada; ultimately to Churchill, Manitoba for an expedition onto the subarctic tundra in search of polar bears. Today would prove to be a long day, consisting of…



