My first little stroll was to the Bow Valley Falls. It was a nice sunny day and it's a very easy wander. I didn't stay for long as it was absolutely packed with tourists but it was nice to just get out and about and marvel at the beauty of this crazy little town that I live in. It's pretty incredible to have such awesome sites on your doorstep, certainly different to little old Oundle. The next day I decided to take it up and notch and did the Hoodoo Trail on Tunnel Mountain. My God was it stunning. Wandering along the river, and through the trees, and looking out over the mountains - it was so so nice and a really nice hike, certainly one that I would like to do on a regular basis. However I did spend most of the time freaking out that I shouldn't have gone for a hike on my own in case I bumped into a bear. It so turns out I was concerned for a good reason, the very next day the trail was shut down because a Grizzly Bear was feeding on an Elk and then charged at a man who disturbed him. Only in Canada.
Whilst I was working on Sunday Danny took advantage of the sunshine and cycled to Canmore. He found a cool little frisbee store which I can only imagine he had much too much fun in, went and had a beer at Grizzly Paw Brewery, and so I'm told, an awesome bagel at the Rocky Mountain Bagel Co. Apparently we HAVE to go there next time we are in Canmore, I have high expectations! He arrived back with an eski (what we English people would call a cooler box) and some bits and bobs for his bike so it certainly seemed like a successful trip.
On Monday we had wine training at work, which just so happened to coincide with our friend Jeremy's birthday so inevitably it ended up with everyone getting pretty tipsy. We tried some delicious wine and learnt about the grape and the process and where it's from, and then drank four more bottles and completely forgot everything we learnt only a couple of hours before. It's fair to say we all had pretty sore heads the next day.
Yesterday after my walk, Danny, Will, Georgie and I headed down to the park to play a bit of frisbee. My hangover then hit in pretty hard so I just laid down on the grass contemplating what I was doing with my life whilst trying to control my urge to vomit. Not great. When we got home we decided to have our first little BBQ of the summer on our balcony now we had bought some more gas. It turns out the sun sets on the opposite side of the house to where our balcony is positioned so it wasn't particularly warm, but the hot dogs and potato salad were delicious so that distracted us somewhat from the cold. Here's to many days of barbecuing in the sunshine in the coming months, I cannot bloody wait for Summer.
But as for today, I am on a double shift at work and have just cooked up the most delicious looking pie for when we finish at God knows what time this evening. It is a chicken, leek and ham pie, though I substituted the ham for sausage (BBQ leftovers) and I am so proud of the outcome. Thank you to the Hairy Bikers for yet another awesome recipe, I cannot wait to delve into it after a crappy Wednesday night shift. It's going to be good...
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