Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11852904)

In the interests of a balanced perspective. :)

Originally Posted by Shakyuk (Post 11851555)

I do appreciate the poster for posting her view. Contrasting views help those of us considering the move and highlight things we may not like. However I was finding it quite depressing to read!..

Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 11852927)

:thumbup:
But I'm sure that there is a cougar in the third picture

Originally Posted by MarylandNed (Post 11852932)

There are similar scenes all over the UK.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...6-_630308a.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8088/8...cd912929_b.jpg

Originally Posted by JamesM (Post 11852977)

Go to Two Cats on King West.

There are cougars everywhere.

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 11853032)

I wish me kids was back in Ingerland. The Schools is just great innit.

Young people in England have 'lowest literacy levels' in developed world says OECD

Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 11852546)

Just to draw you over- you do need a job here which isnt always easy but some visitors to our garden . Snoop and I share a kennel in case you may not have sussed:cool: I take the snaps of the critters usually

The sandier/redder coloured black bear in the 2nd and last photo helped clean up the garden clippings- I was out there but saw her coming up from the lake through the edge of the neighbouring prov park, the middle darker one was sat on a garden pergola about 7 feet off the ground happily scoffing our grapes. They visited about a month apart.

The eagle.. well, what can one say? just a beautiful bird at the top of one of our trees.
Probably boring as crap to the likes of numerous posters within the thread- How the hell could we want to spend more than 7 years in such a beautiful place? Everyone needs to find what they like- certainly for the foreseeable future we are staying put and loving it here in our little patch of Canadian paradise- :cool:

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11852924)

But that ugly electrical spaghetti that blights the city is still here. For naffs sake, that technology was phased out in the 1950s in the UK.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11853083)

While this year the count is way down, we usually get a huge population of bald eagles in Dec/Jan, but this year they didn't come in mass, but with the poor salmon conditions, isn't surprising, they went where the food is, plus Alaska is having a milder winter which keeps them from needing to come south.

Hell even the geese stuck around this winter.



BC Hydro say's underground wires cost too much.

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11853092)

The stuff that the buses run on.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11853083)

While this year the count is way down, we usually get a huge population of bald eagles in Dec/Jan, but this year they didn't come in mass, but with the poor salmon conditions, isn't surprising, they went where the food is, plus Alaska is having a milder winter which keeps them from needing to come south.

Hell even the geese stuck around this winter.



BC Hydro say's underground wires cost too much.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11853137)

The eagles are all in Ontario. Many sightings this winter

Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 11853139)

We have a good number here.. :cool:

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 11853162)

I saw a squirrel when out walking the dog this morning.