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Just a quick blog to say that I won't be blogging from Lismore for a while. My cousin Deirdre turns 40 this month, and decided she'd rather be off the island when she hit the Big Number.

So we are heading off to Canada next week. Deirdre being the well organised person that she is, has the suitcase partly packed, everything laid aside for packing, got her currency, etc. Me, I've still to find the suitcase (in the attic somewhere)never mind anything else.

We'll be meeting up with another Liosach, Young Peter MacDougall for a drink. He lands in Vancouver the same day as we do! Otherwise I'll be back blogging sometime at the end of August.

Thought some of you might like to have a read about what the Uni of Cambridge is up to just now on the island.

It makes for an interesting read.

So here I am down at Airthrey Castle in the grounds of the University of Stirling, trying to finalise a whole dose of stuff for the day after I come back from Canada.

I've got the window open to let in some air, and I'm getting the added bonus of music from Pipe Bands.

The University is used by Bands from all over the country/world for accommodation when they come over to take part in the "Piping Hot" festival in Glasgow.

I have to say though, they are a bit drookit looking out there....

So here I am at the very North end of Vancouver Island at a place called Port Hardy. Within 10 minutes of checking into our overnight accommodation, we saw two eagles flying outside our window. We're hoping to be just as lucky at spotting whales tomorrow as we journey up the Inside Passage from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert.

We met up with Young Peter MacDougall at Vancouver Airport, Peter landed about 80 minutes before we did. He's looking well and I think meeting us made him homesick for the second time in his life. Still he's only a couple of months before he returns from his planet wanderings and comes home again to the island.

Victoria saw us in the middle of a Dragon Boat Festival. Its the festival's 10th year, and is one of the biggest races in "North America" all proceeds go to breast cancer, and many of the teams are made up from breast cancer survivors.

Okay - that's it for now, I do hope that its stopped raining over there. I won't bore you with how gorgeous it is here.