Banff.

Day 3/4

Banff. Arrived yesterday after a short trip from Bragg Creek (around 50mins). Beautiful drive up in to the rockies passing frozen lakes ... and a power station which was pretty random...

Now at Scotts shared house which is about 5mins walk to the centre of Banff which is perfect. Will try and stay here as long as i can... ;)

Today i will explore, before i hit the slopes tomorrow...

$80 a day for ski pas.... alot?

gotta sort that out...

6feb2011

Canada - Bragg Creek/Tour

Day 2

An early start after a rum filled night. Mt Gay Extra Old.

Started by heading in to Calgary for breakfast before ...

snowboard shopping...

Didn't bring my own board as I thought it may be to much to heav about, so I decided to pick up a 2ndH board, but one of good quality and some life left...

Managed to pick up a Forum$ with some Burton Bindings. Cheers then... all for a good price...

....

Left the city pretty quick as the sun was up, blue sky, and as im moving on 2moro we decided to go on a short tour...

Elbow Falls

In an amazing setting at foot of the rockies, covered in snow and ice and clear turquoise fresh water.

Nice.

Driving along the vast open straight roads hoping to see some wild life. . .

Did see a few deers but managed to miss them with the camera. :/

Got a good shot of a Buffalo though...

Party tonight at the Powderhorn Sallon...

...All for charity though....

4thfeb2011

Bragg Creek - Canada

Day one. Thursday 3rd.

Today is mellow.

I went for a walk.

Playing at The PowderHorn Saloon in Bragg Creek tonight...

Canada - Getting here...

Im tired...

Thought id update before I pass out...

Got to Calgary around 3 hours ago, after a easy'ish but long trip from ... Home to Bath. From Bath to Gatwick. From Gatwick to Calgary. From Calgary to Bragg Creek.

Wasnt to bad. . .Had my tunes, and my camera . . .all i needed.

8.5 hours sitting next to 4 Londoners on what i guessed was a stag do, but it was beyond me, as 30mins in they where wasted ...then 3hours in they were asleep...

4 crap films later and i landed...

Picked up by family friend Marie to be taken to her home of Bragg Creek, via her Sallon bar for a welcome pint...

could i ask for more?

will rest here for a couple of nights before my next stop. . .

Banff.

(spent alot of the trip watching films by Taylor Steele)

might make a film.....

Countdown....

...impulse

spent the day in my igloo of a room gathering and packing up the rest of my stuff.

Two more days until i begin the start of my new adventure...(not really an adventure as yet).

I sit here with he temperature dropping outside and im freezing... read it was -30 out in Canada last week. Cheers then! *pack more thermals!*

I start my trip by heading up to Bath on the train for a couple of nights, see/say farewells to Anna and friends...to then jump back on the train to Gatwick.

I fly on wednesday morning - 10:30am to land in Calgary 1:30pm

Not to bad really...

other than....

im skint.

:/ But thats the whole adventure of it right?

not much idea of how it will pan out? :s

As I pack...

Meribel 2010

Little bit of this soon..... Me last year in Meribel

2011 - New Year.. New Ideas...

2011!

That was quick.

Merged into a new year with out really sending the last one a goodbye...

2010 started with a low but built and built to an amazing finish in Sri Lanka and a white Christmas at home.

Well instead of dwelling on last year and writing about that...

TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN!!!!!!!!

Had a pretty heavy Christmas and New Year of non stop work to pay off some bills etc.. and now my feet have been starting to itch...

So yesterday after a coffee and a marmite sandwich i was sitting in Starbucks in Bath with my laptop and a craving of mountains and snow. . . checked my online banking... score! had enough for a flight somewhere....

Canadas booked...

Gatwick to Calgary

Done.

:)

Now im back home in Devon sorting out my draws and cupboards, checking under my bed and in my bags to gather up my snowboard/ski gear to head out in 10days...

Impuls...

now i need somewhere to stay...

Jan 20 2011