Bertl Bikes

As you can imagine, it happens a lot, almost every ski resort has a nightclub and being a ski bum is associated with several things; Skiing (or snowboarding) Partying Drinking Drugs I've done my fair share of partying and drinking, drugs have never been my thing, and I've certainly done a lot of skiing and boarding but clubbing isn't the type of dancing I am talking about. The general consensus, among us younger (haha!) types is that staying home or just 'having a quiet one' is for the old and boring. Now I'm 31 I had to think about that for a while, and it wasn't a pleasant thought. Am I old and boring? (maybe a little!) The conclusion I came to was that, very simply, my interests in life changed. No longer am I hanging around with the lads from school - that social circle has disbanded; some of us moved to London, or up North, or got important jobs, and I moved furthest of us all. I've since spent 2 summers living in Turkey, 2 winters back and ...

The Happiness Project is a book I started reading a while ago, I guess you might call it a self-help  book. I call it a 'book I found in a book exchange that looked interesting when I was desperate for reading material'. Sorry it's not more significant Gretchen Rubin! The first couple of 'months' were easy to get through, but then it started to drag. We're so VERY different, her and I. I am already 'chasing my dreams', but my dreams are far, far different from those of a 40+ year old woman with 2 children who used to be a lawyer and is now a writer. In New York of all places. (sounds a smidge cliche). And I'm a 30 year old trying to be a professional bike instructor/guide living in a converted van in small ski town in Canada. She's made some good points though, and you should all be happy because, despite her busy lifestyle, she finds time to blog every day. Now, I've not actually bothered looking for her blog, but the fact she can fit ...

Well, that's easy. Currently I am living in Revelstoke. After a year in Whistler, it really was time for a change. Reading my last blog would surely have conveyed that, but despite everything I wrote, I was actually finally settling in and making some really good friends there. I was getting to the stage I was enjoying it for more than just the snowboarding and mountain biking, which made leaving almost hard. The 'new' bike - a 2015 Kona Process 167. Fun as it is, it definitely comes with it's own problems. A bit like finding this spot! It was a total pain to get to, but stunning once I eventually did! This is in Cumberland. I took a week off at the end of my time in Whistler to explore Vancouver Island a little - I'd heard great things and knew there was some great biking to be had there. I visited Victoria, Sooke, Duncan and Cumberland and would love to go back next year to spend some time in Cumberland and explore the places I didn't have time to view....