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The tour is over — thank God! Another few days of that and it might have killed me. The tour is done but not the holiday. We still have a few days left in England to visit cousins on my Dad’s side of the family. Other than trying to make a good impression to these […] Read more

We visited the Irish National Stud at Kildare, Ireland this Friday morning. It is a 1,000 acre government/private farm dedicated to breeding racing horses. It was established in 1900 and turned over the British government in 1943 and then to the Irish government in 1945. It is today run by a government owned company that […] Read more

I started the day in Glasgow, Scotland and ended the day having dinner at the oldest pub in Dublin, Ireland – The Brazen Head, which was established in 1198 — some 813 years ago.  What a road and a time traveler I have become. It was a full day of seeing the Scottish and Irish […] Read more

I am in Glasgow, Scotland tonight  (Monday) as I write this, but I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that Beatrix Potter raised Herdwick sheep? That is one bit of trivia I learned today was we took the tour bus through northern England and into Scotland. Potter who was the writer of children’s […] Read more

In honor of the Canadian dairy industry we went to see a West London musical called “The Jersey Boys” on  Thursday and Friday in honor of purebred beef breeders everywhere we ate dinner at a restaurant called The Angus Steakhouse. It featured Black Aberdeen Angus beef. I am sure someone in Canada has shipped breeding […] Read more

What do four old people, London, 6 p.m. and pizza have in common? That’s what happens when you have been up all night traveling to England from Canada – you fall asleep at 6 p.m. eating pizza in London.  Geez, salmon fishing at Campbell River, B.C. one day and a less than a week later […] Read more

  I’m home from salmon fishing and the jinx of the one-day loosing streak was broken. As I discovered last Thursday the real skill in catching salmon is in reeling them in. Many are caught, but only about half actually make it into the boat. Slow and steady reeling and let ‘em run if they […] Read more

  Today in my relentless “going to the ends of the earth” search for knowledge on how to grow better crops and improve beef production profitability, I am in Campbell River, B.C. salmon fishing. I think I was fishing, although at times Wednesday morning it was much more like doing research on how other  people […] Read more

Here are a couple interesting columns from totally different observers on the actions and role of the Canadian Wheat Board, as the wheat marketing monopoly era comes to an end. Wednesday August 24 was the final day for getting ballots on the CWB referendum on the monopoly in the mail.  Many people will know Brenda […] Read more

  Whether you agreed with his politics or not, you have to give Jack Layton credit for the character and courage he showed in the final days of his life. It was just under a month ago, he mustered his strength and hobbled into a news conference — a frail looking figure — to announce […] Read more