Canada

So it's been a great week frankly! It is week one of my travels and I am currently writing this blog from the balcony at the lodge I'm staying in. This is the view.

It started off pretty well back in England last week when I managed to get included in the round of drinks that a random American chap was ordering for letting him go first at the bar. I was rewarded with a cocktail flamed with a blow torch and served in a ceramic power ranger's head. The round came to £130 which I felt more than a little guilty about.

Midweek I flew out to Calgary where I was kindly put up by my good friends and things have been fairly non stop since then. Big up to Jake and Meg! So far I have line danced in a proper cowboy club, I've survived a cracking stag do in Banff and have fitted in a day of snowboarding as well. I'm also pretty sure I was initiated into a massive group of Japanese skiers all wearing identical yellow jackets who surrounded me in a car park while I was eating a subway. They pointed and laughed at me a lot.

Any way, it's pretty beautiful out here so long may it continue. I'll keep things updated as and when they happen.

W