Frontenac Challenge 2018
In October 2018 I joined the Pine Ridge Hiking Club in attempting the Frontenac Challenge – all 11 of the park trails, about 120 km, during the fall.
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Planning to go to GoodLife to get fit? Read this first!
TL;DR The gym facilities at Goodlife are good, but if you want a Personal Trainer then you have to fit your needs into one of their rigid programs. Many people make a New Year’s Resolution to get or keep fit. … Continue reading →
Hiking on Skye – Sgurr Alasdair
I spent a week hiking on Skye in April 2017. The first day we did a moderate walk through the Quiraing, the next day we had a rest and saw Dunvegan Castle, a weaving workshop, and had a drink at … Continue reading →
Carita 111 – sailing the west coast of Scotland in 1955
My father often talked about a sailing trip he took in 1955. He was thirty years old and had just passed his fellowship in surgery. Later that same year he would marry my mother, a sister on the plastic surgery … Continue reading →
Drone at Oak Hills Farm in Winter
Drone in Rosedale
I bought a drone ( a DJI Phantom 3 Standard) in the Boxing Day Sales. These are some pictures taken in my neighbourhood.
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Cell phone plans are too complicated. The usual pattern is that you can buy a phone fairly cheaply if you commit to a new two-year pan. The monthly fee is partly an installment on the phone and partly a fee … Continue reading →
Fake News from the War on Tobacco
Stories I would like to read in 2017 PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVES ON TOBACCO President Trump tweeted: “Wall built. Muslims registered. Next job: tobacco.” Sources close to the Trump administration have explained that the Donald now wants to deal with the … Continue reading →
“Medical” marijuana
There are two things I know about marijuana. They are two separate and different things, and I wish that they could be kept that way. Firstly, there are chemicals which can be extracted from cannabis plants which have some medicinal value. They … Continue reading →
Hawaii comes to Scarborough
A couple of dancers came to the Operating Room Christmas Party to teach us all some Hawaiian dancing. They soon got things moving: Then it was the men’s turn: Dr. Lamont got singled out for special treatment: Afterwards, we had the chance … Continue reading →