Beauty from Ashes

Map shows the south-east tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia 1912 – A limestone quarry on Vancouver Island Jennie Butchart surveyed with horror the scarred landscape, the hidden cost of her husband Robert’s success. The rich limestone under the forest floor had proved ideal for making cement, but after 8 years it was now exhausted.Continue reading “Beauty from Ashes”

Nostalgia in Victoria, BC

Who would have imagined we’d meet up in such a far-flung corner of the planet, 57 years later? The last time Roger, Ned and l spent time together was in late July, 1968, aged 17. ‘A’ levels were over, school had finished and so we, plus two others, spent 10 days walking from Hawes inContinue reading “Nostalgia in Victoria, BC”