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• Back to Blighty

  I’m writing this a few thousand feet over the Atlantic. Despite usually having narcoleptic tendencies whenever I board any kind of transportation, I’m annoyingly wide awake. Plus I’ve managed to pick the one seat on the plane where the... Posted Jul 18 2010, 07:15 AM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Communication, Nuffield, Travel, Nuffield Scholarship, Canada [Edit Tags]

• Wining about local food

  This area of Ontario around Niagara has traditionally been a fruit-growing region. It has chalky soils, warm summers and less harsh winters in comparison to the rest of Canada because the lake, so it’s perfect for growing things like cherries, peaches... Posted Jul 17 2010, 02:07 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Canada, niagara on the lake, wineries, vineyards, grapes, vines, regional food, wine, local food, ice wine, sommelier [Edit Tags]

• Viva las Niagara

  Heaven forbid that I would ever be accused of having a romanticised view of things, but I just didn’t expect Niagara Falls to be surrounded by a town that can only be described as as a cross between Blackpool, Las Vegas and Mablethorpe. My hostess... Posted Jul 17 2010, 12:28 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Countryside, Canada, niagara falls, fruit, niagara, las vegas [Edit Tags]

• So close…

  When I was eight we did a class project at school on Canada. It largely entailed making a totem pole out of cereal packets and shoe boxes and learning that a moose and a mousse were two different things, but as part of the project our teacher got in touch... Posted Jul 16 2010, 11:05 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Celebrities, Toronto, Canada, niagara on the lake, pen pal, lake ontario [Edit Tags]

• Miss Bee Hivin’

  See what I did with the title there? Nice outfit though, eh? One of those might come in handy when I’m in Australia trying to cope with the sand flies. I was back at Guelph university yesterday to see some of the work that’s being done there... Posted Jul 16 2010, 03:57 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, Communication, farming, science, Canada, University of Guelph, bee decline, bees, bee hives, colony collapse disorder, bee beard [Edit Tags]

• Sneezy going through Canadian farmland

  Maybe I was asking for trouble when I took my Matthew Williamson handbag with me on a trip to a goat farm. Maybe it was my own fault for getting so close to try and take a photo. Anyway, lesson of today, in case you didn’t know dear readers, is... Posted Jul 15 2010, 01:13 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, Travel, Food, Countryside, sheep, Canada, Guelph, lamb prices, Matthew Williamson, New Holland, goats, mennonite [Edit Tags]

• Agricultural speed-dating

  No ice cream, but beer and chocolate cake (by a tortoise-shaped lamp) – a much better way to get my strength back. I’ve had a pretty exhausting day of meetings with various media types and professors from the University of Guelph. Guelph is... Posted Jul 14 2010, 01:05 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, Travel, GM, Food, ag, science, Canada, University of Guelph, Guelph, plant genetics, agricultural science, genetics, genitic modification [Edit Tags]

• The Guelphster

  In homage to my chum, Mr Timothy Relf, I thought I’d use rhyme to talk about my stay in Guelph. Then I came to my senses and realised there’s no way I could hope to match the Relfster’s poetry prowess (Sally Gunnell and poly tunnel?... Posted Jul 12 2010, 09:53 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Communication, farming, Travel, communications, science, Canada, tim relf, University of Guelph, research, owen roberts, Guelph, spark [Edit Tags]

• Toronto, eh?

  The good thing about London, is that the weather’s always so dodgy that most touristy stuff is designed so you go indoors to allow you to shelter from the rain/sleet/snow. Not so in Toronto. Obviously they’re so used to nice weather that they... Posted Jul 10 2010, 03:08 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Toronto, Canada, CN tower, blue jays, baseball, rain [Edit Tags]

• Posh rounders

  I went to my first baseball game yesterday. This is the Rogers Centre, home of the Blue Jays and shadowed by the CN Tower: I managed to get seated next to a lad from Kent who patiently explained what was going on throughout the game. It turns out baseball’s... Posted Jul 09 2010, 02:22 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Toronto, Canada, CN tower, blue jays, rogers centre, rounders, baseball [Edit Tags]

• Oh Canada…

  After the Planes, Trains and Automobiles-esque escapades of yesterday (things would’ve been so much better had John Candy been involved), I’m ready to wave goodbye to the US and head on to Canada. I had planned to arrive in Chicago with enough... Posted Jul 08 2010, 08:35 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel, Chicago, chicago hostels, Toronto, hostel, Canada [Edit Tags]