This may contain some atrocious puns...

The people of Toronto are notoriously blurry

So I went to Toronto, and I feel I should first say thanks to Dave for giving me somewhere to stay. I went skating for the first time in many years, and certainly the first time outside ever, on a rink situated in the centre of Toronto. It was pretty awesome, although slightly tainted by the chap who slipped and hit his head and we then had to wait for the paramedics. Anyhow we decided after this that perhaps we would rather eat than skate and so I had some Thai food.

Later that same night I got my first experience of playing hockey, not exactly sure that I was brilliant but then considering that my main issues were with the skating I think it went fairly well. It was made more interesting by the fact that it was snowing while we were skating, so this meant getting to shovel snow while skating which I feel I had begun to get the hang of by the end. Still in the time it took to get the whole thing clear, where we'd started had a fresh centimetre on it. Also got to skate through ankle deep snow which was a fairly cool experience.

The old town hall, nothing more

Other than this I did lots of hanging out and just generally relaxed, which was marvellous. I also got to go out to a farm a couple of hours outside the city. It was a really nice one storey wood and marble place. I spent most of the time in an oak panelled room with an open fire reading Sherlock Holmes or watching movies. It was a lovely room, also one of the shorts makes mention of Horsham, The Five Orange Pips I believe, so that was a nice reminder of home.

How it looked from the window at the farm

Also there was a protest on the train tracks when I tried to leave, causing me to be delayed by three and a half hours, I wasn't particularly amused by this, but oh well. It seems the Prime Minister should have been talking to some Natives and hadn't so they decided I wouldn't want to be able to get Montreal, just a tad annoying if I'm honest.