A Word in the Woods

Not entirely accurate, but if you’ve got a bit of a sense of humour, you’ll appreciate the fun at the weekend warriors’ expense.

White People Like Camping | Toronto Mike’s Blog.

Tags: external link, humor, humour
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Suzanne Dimma | Canadian House & Home.

Great blog post about Suzanne Dimma’s cottage build. I’m very very jealous.

Tags: construction, cottage, Suzanne Dimma
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P8030118, originally uploaded by A Word in the Woods.

I’m going to try and streamline some things a bit to get my photos organized. I’ll put them all on Flickr, and link directly there. I’m actually playing around with creating blog posts in flickr, and having it sent automagically to awordinthewoods.com

Hope it works!

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I’m looking forward to my new vehicle, but it’s with a bit of a twinge of regret that I’m putting my VW golf up for sale. I’ve put it up on Kijiji, my first ever post on something like that, so we’ll see how things go. I’ve also now put it up on Craigslist, and I’m surprised they let me use HTML and CSS to style it a little. If I had more time, I’d play with that a bit.

Ah, but now, I’m looking forward to my new ride. I’ll have to get some more pictures of it, but still have to get some things sorted out with the government first (Grr). I’m really getting to hate the red-tape registration that they require on everything.

I’ll try to remember to take as many pictures as I work on the new acquisition… until then, here’s something:

hee hee.

I’m going to have to do some work on it in quick order, to get things ready for my first camping trip of the year – a winter valentine’s camp in mid-February, coming up soon.

Sorry, haven’t maintained in a while, there was just too much spam going on, so I had to take things off the hook for a while. I’ll get back on track, and follow up with some more frequent posting over the next while.

Tags: golf, Range Rover, transportation, vehicle, volkswagen, vw
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Although I’m not a fan of banning everything for our own good, this makes me smile. I’d have preferred if they just levied an environmental impact fee on buyers, but hey.

Read the article on the London’s plans to phase out bottled water.

Tags: bottled water, environment, London Ontario, politics, water
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I’m off to Algonquin for the first backcountry trip of the year (actually, I’ve done some winter hikes, so it’s the first canoe trip of the season). I’ve taken the canoe out for a quick spin already, but I find the first trip always to be the toughest… I spend all winter forgetting what it’s like. Invariably, I’ll have forgotten something, and I know I’ve taken too much with me again. This winter seems particularly bad, as I just spent it cocooning.

I’m going with someone new, and it’s his first time in the backcountry, so I’ve basically brought enough for three people… I’m sure I’ll pay for it in my aching back, hauling all of that stuff out.

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Tags: Canoe, canoe pack, newbie, trip
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Here’s a bit of an update to follow up on my previous post about Marathon’s “End of Lease” sale.

Everybody that knows me would have been proud. I stopped into the store and managed not to buy too much – just a few sets of batteries, and a rubber foot for my walking stick. I’ll probably be back for a knife when it gets closer to the end of their lease — I’m reasonably confident that they’re not going to be selling to impulse buyers, as it’s still a $100 purchase.

Find out what’s going on inside the store…

Tags: first-aid, knife, Marathon, shops, toronto
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It looks as though Marathon on King street is closing down. They have an “End of lease” sign up, and are offering savings to sell off their inventory. In the past few weeks, it’s gone from (up to) 40% off to 70% off as of today. I plan to stop by today or tomorrow, so I can take a look at what’s available.

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Tags: Europe Bound, knife, Marathon, MEC, sale, shops, toronto
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