A very relaxing day, we are taking it easy.... There's a beach at the front of our cabin – down a treacherous footpath, and we went for an explore after our late,lazy breakfast. The beach was shingle and pebbles, and deserted, there was lots of bleached driftwood, and evidence that the sea must get really rough at times.
As we walked along Jan was watching some Canada geese – Canadian Canada geese in fact (!), I suddenly saw a dark shape to the left, mostly obscured by a sand bank, it was a big animal, it was black, it's ears twitched..... bloody hell! A big bear! Honestly my heart was racing, I ducked down and called Jan over, “there's a big bear just over that bank”, I said.... What to do? I wanted a photo but I also didn't want to be a Teddy bear's picnic..... We sneaked forward, and suddenly there it was, sitting down... a cow! (Well, have you have seen a cow on a beach?)
After we recovered our shredded nerves, we spent a great 45 minutes or so watching the Sandpipers,(or Dunlins?), flying about and feeding.
In the afternoon we visited the local town, Sooke – where there is a nice internet café, and enquired about whale watching trips. Apparently the weather is expected to change – to be possibly stormy, and so Jan didn't fancy it!
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