Okanagan Valley

 The Okanagan Valley taken from Knox Mountain in Kelowna, BC. We went for a walk along on of the hiking paths. The one we chose apparently runs down the side of the mountain for about a mile until it reaches a public beach. We were only there for a short time so we just took in the beautiful views of the valley in the summer sunshine. Whilst we were here there were fire warnings up, it's not hard to see why with the golden dry grass covering the hills. Such a lovely place to soak up the sunshine.

Knox Mountain, Kelowna, BC, Canada. 

Bristol Ferries

Last summer before heading home for the holidays I opted to take a ride around on the Bristol Ferry. These small boats with their friendly crew take you around the floating harbour for a decent price for a hop on/off ticket. I took the boat all the way to both ends of its route. To one end it offers a service to Temple Meads train station the other goes up to Hotwells and then you can hop off at the S.S Great Britain which is what I chose to do. Here I thought the flag waving in the breeze with the colourful houses in the background made for a nice shot.

Hallepoort

Porte de Hal (French) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a city gate of the 2nd wall of Brussels. It was built in 1381 and is named after the city of Halle which it faces. This is the surviving gate as it was once used as a prison and so had a purpose whilst the others were destroyed. The outside appearance has changed over the years with the roof being restructured in the 1800's.

Porte de Hal, Brussels, Belgium.

Along the Parkway

My last visit to Canada before this year’s three week adventure was seven years ago. However it was two years prior to the last trip that I was taken to Jasper National Park by my parents. To be told we were making the roughly 6 hour round trip to see the Glacier Skywalk, a feat of engineering, designed by our family friend was an excellent surprise. The drive up the Ice fields Parkway is one of the most scenic journeys I can think of and had I have been driving on my own I know for a fact that I would have made those 6 hours drag on forever. Something that astounds me about this photo is the colour of the sky; according to my Grandma’s Calgarian friends this colour is simply ‘Alberta Blue.’

The Ice Fields Parkway, Alberta, Canada