Posts in Category: Nova Scotia
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Muir – Halifax’s Fabulous New Waterfront Hotel
I have to confess that when I first heard claims that Halifax’s newest hotel Muir was going to be a game changer in terms of luxury, design and quality, I was a bit skeptical. These claims are easy to make and much harder to deliver on. However, just having completed a stay there and enjoying […]
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Brunello – Halifax’s Best New Course Hole By Hole
When I first heard that cousins Glen and Rob Dexter were going to build a golf course in Timberlea I was very sceptical for two reasons. Firstly, the landscape in the Timberlea area is the proverbial Canadian ‘ rocks and trees and rocks and trees’ with a little swampland thrown in. Secondly the Dexters were […]
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Nine Mile River Trail – A Great Walk in the Woods
It’s been a while since I’ve added a new hiking trail to my website, so today to mark yet another birthday, I’m glad to bring to you the Nine Mile River Trail in East Hants. This was a trail I knew nothing about until surfing the web looking for new places to hike. From the […]
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York Redoubt National Historic Site
Yesterday was the first reasonably mild day in quite some time and in my quest to find something reasonably interesting to write about during this Covid lockdown I set out on a drive with nowhere in particular on my mind. Hitting the Armdale rotary, I took the Spryfield exit and then Purcell’s Cove Road heading […]
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Sheffield Mills Eagle Watch
We are in the middle of winter and a pandemic at the same time. What the heck can a person do to get some enjoyment out of life during these difficult times? Here’s one suggestion for both avid birders and people who have only a passing interest in birds, but are fascinated by the size […]
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Owls Head – Not the Place for a Golf Resort
A couple of posts ago I weighed in on what I described as the Peggy’s Cove Kerfuffle and after visiting the site, examining the plans and determining that there had been more than adequate consultation, concluded that those who opposed the changes were flat out wrong. In this post I am going to do the same […]
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Oceanstone Resort & Rhubarb Restaurant
In my previous post I visited Peggy’s Cove with the express intention of checking out the proposed changes that will include a viewing platform and other upgrades. My conclusion was that they will be a welcome addition and make the place far more accessible than it is now and create a much more sensible traffic […]
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Peggys Cove Kerfuffle – Decide for Yourself
I live in St. Margaret’s Bay and visit nearby Peggys Cove several times a year, most recently on a beautiful and sunny New Year’s day. I try to be there when the number of visitors is minimal which is usually in winter. BTW, I’m not using the apostrophe in Peggys Cove because Google hates them. […]
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Highlands Links – Stanley Thompson’s Masterwork
Stanley Thompson is, without question, Canada’s most well known, most prolific and most respected golf architect. The creator of over 150 golf courses, most in Canada, he was a cofounder of the American Society of Golf Architects and even has his own society of dedicated followers intent on preserving his legacy. Beginning in 1924 with Jasper […]