Canada’s Best Parks

The June edition of  Explore Magazine has a great article of Canada’s Best of our Parks – National and Provincial. Two parks from Atlantic Canada made the list – Cape Breton Highlands National Park and Gros Morne National Park. Two of my favorite places to hike.
 A few surprises in the article written by Ryan Stewart. [...]

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Trail Shop Marathon – Cross Country Ski, March 8

One of the great ways to stay in shape in the winter for hikers is to cross country ski.  In the highlands, we have a number of events,  but one that attracts alot of skiers is the the 2009 Trail Shop Marathon at North Highlands Nordic Ski Trails in Cape North.  This  event will take [...]

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Wildlife & Birds in The Highlands

With eight winter storms to date,  it has been an interesting winter here on Cape Breton Island.  The last couple of weeks have been great seeing  birds and animals.  Michelle Sears from Halifax started things off by saying  she saw a Auk at Englishtown Ferry – see pic 2 below. Then after showing the picture around [...]

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Gift Ideas for Hikers

 
Here are some great ideas for christmas gifts for your hiker friends and for yourself :  a compass, first aid kit, smart wool socks, biners, thermometer, wool hat, gloves,  gaiters,  fleece jacket, stainless steel thermos, BPS or non-
polycarbonate plastic water bottle, trekker/nordic walking poles, extra memory card for a digital camera, bear bell, blister kit,  rechargeable batteries, [...]

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West Highland Way, Scotland’s Premiere Long Distance Route

Life is full of adventures and one of  them for me is to hike the West Highland Way in Scotland. A 95 mile (152km) trek across the highlands in Scotland ending in Fort William, the outdoor capital of UK.  My wife and I are going to do the hike next September (2009) after the Hike [...]

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ParticipACTION – Time to Move

One of the greater promoters of hiking in Canada is ParticipACTION, a national organization with a vision to have a Canadian Society the most physical active on Earth. They are advocacy agency for physical activity that work with partners to communication and create action.  
Each month they produce a monthly newsletter with interesting research and facts, [...]

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 – A new program for Organizing and Editing your photos

One of the new products just out is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, a program that helps you organize, edit, create and share photos. The program is retailing at Future shop right now at $99.99 and makes a create addition to your digital camera and computer. The program has a number of new features including Smart Brush, Smart [...]

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Red Island Hike – Oct 26th

One of my favorite things to do in the late fall is hike the Red Island Hiking Trail located at Indian Brook along the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island.  Today I was using a Nikon D60 Camera with 18 mm-135mm lens and my pics came out nice. I didn’t use any filters but the [...]

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“How to do everything – 121 essential outdoor skills ” – Backpacker Magazine

The November 2008 issue of Backpacker magazine caught my eye on the cover with this headline – “How to  do everything -121 essential outdoor skills. This amazing article written by Annette McGivney, looks at navigation, packing and planning, camping, set up the perfect camp, master three essential knots, gear, first aid and cooking and much more [...]

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Polarizing Lens – Bring out the Great Fall Colours

Outdoor Photography Canada magazine has two great articles in their fall/winter edition 2008. The first one was is Darwin Wiggett’s Secret to Eye-Popping Colour where he gives you five techniques you can use.  The second article is on the Cape Breton Highlands – “A cornucopia of autumn awesomeness” by Dale Wilson. Mr. Wilson also talks about [...]

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