Reflections of a traveling veterinarian
A nice, yet short break from my slowly improving patient in Oxford yesterday: I took the soon unaffordable train from Farnborough to London (£43 for a return ticket!!…) and met with Independent Vet Care’s Director of HR Richard Parker to sign a sponsorship agreement between FECAVA and IVC to allow ten vet students from different …
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Back in the UK I have focused my attention now on a serious case of neglect in Oxford and this is certainly not an easy patient…… With being over 100 years old, a bit long in the teeth and in desperate need of a big dose of TLC. The work is ranging from some wound …
Seen at the Folk Music Festival in Canmore I had to share this with you as well: A clever little (business) idea – let your car earn the necessary funds for your drinks while you are enjoying some great sound (just don’t drive afterwards…) Well, all you need is a pretty unusual car – enjoy …
For the last 2 weeks I had carried around a can of “Bear Spray” with me and had relied on it in case of a close encounter with one of the larger local predators, without really knowing if it would work if being used and how long the reach would be. As I could not …
On our way back South from Jasper to Canmore along the Icefield Parkway we had booked one night at the iconic Num-Ti-Jah (meaning “Pinemarten” in the language of the Stone tribe which used to live here) Lodge on the shores of the Bow Lake. This self built and by now pretty dated wooden structure was …
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Janet Jones, owner of the Jasper Veterinary Clinic was another kind local colleague who allowed me to visit her clinic and to say hello to her and to her friendly team. The Jasper vets are treating both small animals and horses and the clinic has a branch 120 km away (!) in Valmount on the …
Another epic hike in the Canadian Rockies is the Skyline Trail between Maligne Lake and Signal Mountain on the outskirts of Jasper. The highest point on the trail is the “The Notch” with over 2500 m altitude and it is normally a three day hike with two nights spend on one of the official campgrounds. …
Continue reading “Walking the Skyline Trial and more encounters with dangerous animals”
After spending most of the day behind the wheel driving along the magnificent Icefield Parkway between Lake Luise and Jasper, we managed to check in at a hotel near Sunwapta Falls. The water of this spectacular waterfall feeds into the Athabasca River which then flows thousands of miles North into the Arctic Sea. To put …
If you want to avoid the crowds of Banff and Lake Louise while traveling the Canadian Rockies, you might consider joining the smaller crowds in nearby Yoho National Park. The Whaleback and Iceline Trail is a great two day hike that offers a bit of everything the Rocky Mountains have to offer – high mountains, …
As some of you might know – crosscountry skiing and biathlon are some of my passions. In North America you will struggle finding better training facilities than the beautifully located Nordic Skiing Centre in Canmore. The Centre is home to the Canadian crosscountry skiing and the Biathlon teams with outstanding training and competition facilities. When …
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