Aloysius Bear

Banff 2, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. …but it has great taste in street names…

Banff 3, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. …and if you can stomach the gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain…

Banff 4, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. …you get one of the most amazing views I’ve ever seen.

Banff 5, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. We stopped off on the way to the second peak at a very picturesque spot away from the wooden walkway, and sat for a while only feet from the side of the mountain, with no barrier. It made my human rather nervous, but the view was lovely.

Banff 6, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. We ended our day in Banff by taking a stroll up to the ridiculous Fairmont Springs Hotel. This building can clearly be seen from the top of Sulphur Mountain and is the *only* place to stay if you are insanely rich and very pretentious. There was a statue out…

DSC00034, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. On Saturday, we embarked upon a day trip to my human’s favourite English city – Oxford. We left just in time, as “Bob Le Ponge” was advertising what promised to be quite a raucous party next door…

DSC00035, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Our first stop on arriving in Oxford was somewhat less auspicious than the later sights we were to see. This unassuming blue door conceals behind it the horrible mould-infested flat my human lived in when first venturing out into the real world, after university. Best forgotten, I think!

DSC00037, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. The first bookshop we visited contained a veritable array of books on obscure and, in some cases, rather specific subjects…

DSC00038, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. My favourite line of Shakespeare!

DSC00039, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Ah, the Bridge of Sighs – a little piece of Venice in the heart of Oxford.