Walks, walks and more walks!!

Sunday morning 22nd November and after a week of rain and wind we took advantage of some drier weather to walk Angus down at the local beach - we all enjoyed the fresh air and the stiff breeze certainly blew away some of the cobwebs!
The following week saw yet more torrential rain and some gale-force winds but there were also some dry moments of which we took full advantage!

Tuesday 24th November we headed out to Nanoose Bay to meet a couple who had expressed an interest in using our house and pet sitting services but, as we were already committed to the "sit" here we were unable to help them out this time - however, they still wanted to meet us and we joined them at their lovely home in Nanoose Bay for mid-morning coffee and lots of home-made cakes!! We spent a very pleasant couple of hours chatting and getting to know each other - we hope that we will all have the chance to get together again before we return to the UK next Spring.

Wednesday 25th November and we had an early start as Angus had to have a routine blood test at the vets - luckily this was one of the sunnier mornings and after his trip to the vet we took him through the local park/forest where he bounded very energetically through the tall fir trees and played excitedly with lots of other dogs enjoying their morning constitutional.
We also had our orientation session at lunchtime today with the cat volunteer co-ordinator - this was a little shorter than the time spent on the dogs but everything seems straight forward and we signed up for our first proper session on Tuesday 1 Dec!

Thursday 26th November was an indoor day with persistent and heavy rain all day - still, we managed to catch up on emails and the business website enhancements so the time was certainly not wasted.

Friday 27th November and the sun shone brightly! There was a cold breeze but that didn't stop us venturing out and we headed for Craig Bay which is not far from the house - a lovely sweeping bay, clear blue waters and the shoreline edged with huge fir trees. There had been a lot of rain all week and at the higher altitudes this had fallen as snow - the peaks in the distance across the Georgia Strait looked magnificent. We walked the length of the bay, played ball with Angus and admired the views - it was great to be out and getting some much needed vitamin D!!!