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Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Smoke on the (Lake Lovely) Water

16/09/202016/09/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, hiking, livingincanada, quarantine, quarantine2020, summer2020

So here it is, summer is almost over. The last trip of ‘summer’ was one I had been excited for

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Hiking & Adventure 

Lads Annual Hiking Trip – Eaton Lake (Skagit Valley Road)

25/08/202025/08/2020 DaleEdginton 2 Comments Camping, Canada, hiking, quarantine

Every year the boys do a hike in camping trip. Previous years have seen us going to Assiniboine and Garibaldi

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Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Rustic Cabining on Mount Seymour

16/08/202016/08/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, quarantine, quarantine2020

After knowing Matt for almost 4 years; he suprised us all by saying his Step-Dad had a cabin on Seymour.

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Hiking & Adventure 

Levette Lake 2020

28/07/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, hiking, livingincanada, quarantine, quarantine2020, summer, Vancouver

Levette Lake is my favourite place in Canada and somewhere we like to visit once a year. It has become

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Hiking & Adventure 

Baby Camping to Paradise Valley

21/07/202028/07/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, hiking, livingincanada, quarantine, quarantine2020

With summer finally arriving we took advantage of our beautiful surrounds and organized a camping trip including June and Charlie.

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Hiking & Adventure Weddings 

Ruxton Island 2020

01/07/202001/07/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, livingincanada, quarantine, summer2020

Last year we were invited to Mel and Khodae’s cabin on Ruxton island (see here). Well we didn’t trash the

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Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Covid Camping in Skagit Valley (nr Hope)

25/05/202009/06/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, livingincanada, quarantine

Covid completely shut down BC including campgrounds and most provincial parks. As restrictions lightened; it was possible to extend your

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Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Return of the Levette

08/09/201908/09/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, canada2019, livingincanada, summer2019

Levette is my favourite lake in Canada. The place I visited during my first weekend in Canada (click here) will

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Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Bluey Lake – Aspen Grove

28/07/201929/07/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, livingincanada, summer2019, Vancouver

We spent Friday / Saturday at Bluey Lake which is about 30 minutes east of Merritt and 3.5 hours east

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Hiking & Adventure Lads on Tour Weekend Breaks 

Garibaldi Lake

03/06/201903/06/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, garibaldi, hiking, livingincanada, Vancouver

As summer draws closer we are therefore approaching wedding season and the precursor bachelor(ette) parties. With the girls heading to

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Emily’s Champagne Birthday – Hornby Island

08/09/201809/09/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, hornby, livingincanada

On the 30th August 2018 (exactly a year since I arrived in Canada) Emily turned the rip old age of

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Bucket Lists Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

15/08/201823/08/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment assiniboine, Camping, Canada, hiking, livingincanada

4 guys, 4 days 60lb bags, 90km, 140,000steps, 2.6km ascents… one mountain. When I agreed to move to Canada with

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Day Breaks 

The Lavette Strikes Back

01/08/201823/08/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, canad, Canada, livingincanada

You may remember we went to Lavette Lake during my first weekend Living in Canada (seen here). It was magical

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Couple Breaks Hiking & Adventure Weekend Breaks 

Labour Day Weekend – Levette Lake

07/09/201707/12/2017 DaleEdginton 1 Comment British Columbia, Camping, Canada, hiking, Levette Lake, Living in Canada, livingincanada, Vancouver

Revision Dec ’17 – A big THANK YOU to www.taleoftravels.com for featuring my ramblings about moving to Canada. The countdown is

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Hiking & Adventure Lads on Tour Weekend Breaks 

Throwback – The Three Peak’s

13/01/201715/01/2017 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, England, Europe, hiking, Scotland, Three Peaks, Wales

I have been thinking about doing a number of ‘throwback’ blogs for a while now and I came across an

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My Name is Dale, I am a 30-something from Manchester living in Vancouver. I decided to write this blog as a way to keep track on all my trips over the years and to give my thoughts on things I enjoyed (and those I didn’t).

I hope the blog inspires you to follow your own dreams and travel plans.

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