Freezing Rain today - Newfoundland at its best...

[T13A]

Hi Stewart

Welcome and it looks as if you will fit in here just right!

Back in the day I remember being in the cockpit of a VC-10 flying over Newfoundland at night (landing at Gander on the way to Calgary) and the view was simply spectacular, the moon shining on the lakes, the number of stars in the sky, one of those experiences that will remain with me forever.

Cheers Paul

[Shapur II]

Mrs Shy is a great L.M. Montgomery fan so she's talked about going just down the road from you to Price Edward Island one day for many years, though we've never made it yet....We know a couple of Kiwis who have recently moved to Toronto as well.

Mr and Mrs Shy.  Of course all are welcome,  I can recommend a few descent places to stay, imbibe and a restaurant or two.  But I must be sure that people are forewarned about distances here.  Of concern is "going just down the road" to PEI. 

As Tango one three Alpha can attest, things are a LOT further apart than one might think. His stop in Gander, enroute to Calgary, would be less than half way from the UK.  Said distances are a major reason why hobby resources are difficult to obtain. For example, St. John's, where I hang my hat, to the Port Aux Basques ferry terminal is 903 km.  Then there is an 8 and one half hour ferry crossing to Nova Scotia, followed by close to 6 hours to PEI.  One could fly of course, but PEI is not on the beaten path so it is 10.5 hours in flights through Halifax.

Trawna is 3100km by road and ferry from St John's. The aforementioned Calgary, where my step-son resides, is 6200km from here.

To those upside-down on the far side of the planet, who also have funny accents, and where the flora and fauna is lethal, as befits a prison colony, these distances will be familiar.  I've also heard rumours about sexual acts with spiders but I find them difficult to believe.  Surely my cousins, yes, they ran even further from home than we did, would not...

But I digress.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome, but I'm still ranked as a Cadet despite Leon having commented on this thread.  So much for my 12+ year shopping while lurking credit.

Stu