Moosemeat and Marmalade

Okay what’s with the title and what does this have to do with a sailing travelling blog. Well, further down the blog line this will become evident.

To start, we were heading out for an early morning walk along the Chemainus River. The day was foggy and cold (1C) but promises of sun coming later in the morning.

So where’s the promise of sun? Things are looking a little bleak

The Chemainus River is south of Chemainus which is located on Vancouver Island. We are house sitting not far from the river and have 2 dogs, a standard poodle and a portuguese water dog, to take care for 3 months.

We need to take the dogs for walks and this is one place we haven’t explored yet. So off we go….

With dimming hopes of sunshine Fred tells us of the beautiful views to be had on a clear day, the number of ducks to be seen and wonderful swimming holes for summer fun.

And then as we were walking back to the car we looked behind us and out of the mist we saw what we thought were three hikers

But then as they came up to us we realized they weren’t campers

Dan Hayes is a trained British Chef who, working with Art Napoleon, produce a show called Moosemeat and Marmalade for APTN. Dan and his film crew had been out very early in the morning hunting for duck and were looking forward to heading back for a morning of lunch preparation.