🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 20:57:04 +0100, "Alan Sausse"
<Alan.Sausse@tesco.net> wrote:
LOL,,hiking in winnipeg in january !!!!! very bad idea,,believe me
>I have been offered a very cheap flight to anywhere in Canada from London.
>The price is �100 return (US$170, C$250) which is very very cheap indeed, as
>I am sure you can see.  I have to take the flights between 11/1/99 and
>10/2/99.
>
>I went to Vancouver in winter a few years ago and loved the place.  I'd like
>to go back and one thing I'd really like to do is to explore some of the
>country around Vancouver and/or Vancouver Island.
>
>Question 1: any suggestions as to where would be a good place to go?
>Question 2: am I barking mad to want to go hiking in Canada in the middle of
>winter?  I do know that the climate around Vancouver is fairly "British",
>i.e. the winters aren't particularly cold (I wouldn't be going hiking in
>Winnipeg in January) but that there's a lot of rainfall so it could be dull
>and damp even if I don't risk extreme cold.
>
>Has anyone had any similar experiences that they would like to share with
>me?  I'd be very interested.
>
>If it really is a stupid idea then I'll just go skiing in Whistler for a
>week.  It's a hard life, isn't it?
>
>If you are able to reply to me personally as well as by e-mail I would be
>very grateful.
>
>Thanks.
>
>AS.
>
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