Monthly Archives: July 2014
The Tall Ships visited Bayfield over the weekend and some good friends invited us to join them for a tour. Members of the Bayfield Photography Club have posted some wonderful shots of the ships as they sailed into the harbour – follow the link and take a look. While we were there the ships were…
Just in case it’s ever needed, this county’s emergency services practice mock disasters from time to time. This morning it was a pretend fire at the local senior citizen’s home. I had the pleasure of volunteering as a member of the hospital board and brought along my daughter’s two dog guides, Acorn and Zona, for…
Anyone who is the slightest bit familiar with the Main Street in Grand Bend knows the Dairy Dip. Until his retirement, owner John Ross was a favourite teacher in the area and along the way his Dairy Dip has employed a lot of students and helped them pay for post-secondary education. It’s still THE place…
The beach is the place to be in the summer and the Grand Bend beach is particularly lovely – in fact, it’s a Blue Flag Beach which means it has met certain standards for safety and water quality. It has a lot of terrific sand and some protected grasslands mixed in for good measure. Locals and cottagers…