Exploring the Vistas Along the Southwest Coast Path: I AM CALGARY’S Summer of 2019
👣 🇬🇧 The Southwest Coast Path, Devon & Cornwall, UK England's south west coast path is a registered charity and an exceptional natural heritage resource that numerous sponsors and custodians contribute to and maintain for the general public to enjoy. Contrasting landscape on the southwest Coast Path near Welcombe Mouth Beach Here is a concise and great description of the coast path taken from the official website, and I quote: "The South West Coast Path was originally created by coastguards, patrolling the south west
Discovering Big Hill Springs Provincial Park
When it comes to Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, the adage that “less is more” applies. The long title that sports the name “big” is quite the opposite of what you’ll encounter when you visit.  However, don’t discount a visit here just based on size. Be prepared to be wowed by the beauty of this little valley-oasis. Waterfalls, walkways, benches and beauty are the order of the day in this small Park Driving from the northwest city limits of Calgary and heading
Wandering the Woodlands of Windsor Great Park: I AM CALGARY’S Summer of 2019
When you have someone who is passionate about something or - in this case - somewhere, then it's easy to get swept up by their passion and be influenced to enjoy the same. This was the case with our Windsor Great Park experience. 👣🇬🇧 Windsor Great Park, England, UK One of many views of Windsor Castle from Windsor Great Park The grounds of the Park have over a millennium of Royal history and are still owned by the Queen. Her Majesty,
Clocking Up Steps in London: I AM CALGARY’S Summer of 2019
Our vacations see us doing substantially more walking than we ever do during our non-vacation routines. Europe, somehow, fostered a desire to walk even more than any of our other vacation destinations. As a continuation to our Europe 2019 vacation blog series about different modes of transport that we used, it seemed appropriate for us to report some of our most memorable walking excursions as a category of transport in a dedicated two-part blog of its own. This follows on
Sensational Swimming Encounters in Europe: I AM CALGARY’S Summer of 2019
A summer holiday without a swim sounds like a sub-standard summer holiday, doesn't it? We endeavoured to punctuate our summer 2019 sojourn to Europe by swimming whenever possible. This blog follows closely on the heels of our previously published blogs about the modes of transport we used throughout our trip (read more in Part 1 and Part 2). This, not necessarily because it took us from point A to point B but, because it was a physical activity
Planes, Trains and Automobiles and More (Part 2): I AM CALGARY’S Summer of 2019
You know it’s time for a vacation when you start looking like the person on your driver's license… Unknown In Part 1 of this blog series, reviewing our Summer 2019 European escapades, we covered the more familiar and common forms of transport: Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Here, in Part 2, we review some of the less common and, in some instances, unconventional means of transport. Before I launch into that, I’ve had some questions that I'd like to answer about the