tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679885010773352145.post265208043598097390..comments2023-12-29T22:27:10.187-08:00Comments on Wendy: Periyar / Kumily Jan 7Wendy & Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476659216888809466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679885010773352145.post-11302494901244779272011-01-08T08:22:27.990-08:002011-01-08T08:22:27.990-08:00Hello, Wendy and Richard. Oh, the days are so lon...Hello, Wendy and Richard. Oh, the days are so long when we do not have an RSS from you two! The adventures keep happening, don't they? I can imagine you screaming, Wendy, and the hurry/scurry of the helpful folk to save you from tumbling over the slope - yikes! Here in the southern portion of Vancouver's Island we live in a town, in a built-up area strung along a coastal plain of some 70 miles. Mountains there are to the west of us and, across a large body of water, there are more mountains on what they call the mainland. Travel here is fast and efficient as long as we do not get too much rain, which comes often from the N.E. pacific ocean. There is a rail line close by and we have two trains per day, a passenger train taking fifty passengers and a freight train with no more than six cars upon it. Shopping for food is quite simple: there are stores nearby owned by magnates living in Halifax some 4,000 miles away. They serve us well. Wildlife abounds even in town: we regularly see glaucous winged gulls, racoons, feral cats, almost feral dogs, woodland deer and crows. These days we are travelling by motor car, but not too far at a time as petrol is dear. Our one weekly extravagant travel is to a mountain some two hours away here we ski in over 500 cms. of snow, the most, they say, of any ski hill in the world, at this time. Tonight we will attend the annual ball of our local chapter of the world-wide Scottish Country Dancing Society. We will dress as Scots. Perhaps you know this tradition and you may find it upheld somewhere in that vast, previously-colonial sub-continent of yours. If you both wore kilts, or variations thereof, you would be assured air conditioning for all your bike travels. Tongue in cheek aside, we very much appreciate your travel stories and descriptions. Much love, K & EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com