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Great stuff. I’m currently laying into my Aussie cricket team mates back in Darwin. Happy days.

That will be exceptionally good. ~3.5M a week means most of the adult population will be done 3-4 months from now.

Rio from a distance is stunning (i.e. looking down from Sugarloaf mountain or Christ the redeemer). Up close though, it’s very grimy and very much a second world city. Even the ‘polished’ bits aren’t that polished.

The ice-field parkway is 4 of the best hours of driving time you’ll ever do. From Banff to Jasper is incredible.

You can’t be short, left or long. It’s a 180’ drop down the cliff. About 160 yards with some elevation drop to take into account.

They caught up with me

Yep, very lucky to have lived in the places we have. Knowing we have a place at Pano does tug at our heart strings now we’re back in the UK. Life in Canada was great, and we have lots of great friends there, but we are enjoying our life back in the UK. Not a bad fall back option for us if it...

Most intimidating golf hole I’ve played, and I’ve played quite a few of the worlds top rated courses.

Yeah, we’ve got a place in ‘Pano’. We lived in Cochrane and used to ski at Pano every weekend (our kids were part of the ski team). There are some great courses in the Valley (Eagle Ranch is awesome). Invermere is a nice little spot. Greywolf has improved dramatically the last few years under...

Have you golfed at Greywolf? Cliffhanger is the best golf hole I’ve ever played.

Great spot. Been a couple of times with friends who live in Brisbane. A good place to go if you want to appreciate how much money you don’t have!! Serious wealth in that area.

Yes, that’s what you think when you’re there as well.

Moraine lake, Alberta, Canada.

I’ll ask my Dad, he retired there ;-)

UK -> Canada. Canada -> UK UK -> Canada. Canada -> Australia. Australia -> UK What do you want to know?