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| An unprepossessing entrance to a national historic site! |
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| The Bank of Canada added a vault to store the nation's gold |
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| The station badge - the three headed dog is Cerberus, who guards the gates of hell. |
Monday, 13 October 2014
The Diefenbunker
The Diefenbunker is an underground bunker, built during the cold war for housing the Canadian government in the event of nuclear war. It was completed in 1961 and operated up until 1994. It opened as museum a few years later. Over four levels, it has everything required to house about 500 personnel including facilities for government, staff, media, military, logistics, communications, medical, etc.
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Micro-Jamming
What to do with one lonely gooseberry bush?
Harvest its berries, and make a jar of jam!
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| Gooseberry bush |
Harvest its berries, and make a jar of jam!
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| Gooseberries |
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| Freshly picked berries |
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| After being tidied up: 110 grams of gooseberries |
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| Simmering with a splash of lemon juice and water |
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| After some time, the berries break down and turn to mush |
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| Measure an equal weight of sugar... |
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| ...and add to the berries |
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| Keep cooking until the bubbles start looking sugary |
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| Pour into a jar for safekeeping |
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| Eat on toast! |
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Lac Poisson Blanc
Two night camping trip at Lac Poisson Blanc.
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| View from the campsite |
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| Preparing breakfast over the campfire |
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| Keeping warm by the fire |
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| Deadheads in the lake |
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| Driftwood along the lakeshore |
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| More driftwood |
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| Campfire flames |
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| Garter Snake that we disturbed at the site |
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| View from the summit of a lakeside hill |
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| Enjoying a break at the top of the hill |
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| Kayaking the lake |
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| A pair of Loons |
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| Strata |
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| Island |
Sunday, 13 October 2013
The Laurentians
These are the highlights of a visit to the Papineau-Labelle park at the start of September, and Mont Tremblant three weeks later.
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| The view from the top of Mont Bondy (P.L.) |
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| Setting off for a paddle up Lac des Sept Freres (P.L.) |
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| Island in Lac des Sept Freres |
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| Lac des Sept Freres |
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| A Broad Winged Hawk that we saw on the way out of Papineau Labelle |
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| Chute du Diable in Mont Tremblant Park |
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| The trail to the falls (M.T.) |
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| The river near to Chute Croches (M.T.) |
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| Pine Squirrel |
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| The view from the top of La Roche (M.T.) |
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| Looking up at La Roche from Lac Monroe |
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| Lac du Sommet; out of Mont Tremblant Village along Le P'tit Train du Nord path |
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