Mar­vel­lous day. Brekky with Kate and Morgan then a day jaunt to Quebec City, superb lunch – some of you may know I’m a loc­avore (thanks to Kate for the great word) which means I try to eat local foods wherever I am and don’t eat meats that aren’t indi­gen­ous if I can help it… there’s other stuff but it’s com­plex – anyway, lunch was at a res­taur­ant called Aux Anciennes Canadiens and we had stag, buf­falo and cari­bou in pink pep­per­corn sauce for mains matched with local cider fol­lowed by baked cus­tard with maple syrup matched with maple syrup whisky. Yum yum yum yum yum.

Now I’m in our gor­geous hotel room in an 1888 ware­house in the docks of old Mon­tréal wait­ing for Doug to emerge from the shower – speak of the devil – and then we’ll go grab a light snack and some good red, I think. Tomor­row a plane home.