  Went to Protection island today with my parents. It was nice to spend some time with them, although I did get properly drentched when the rain moved over the mountain from Vancouver. The boat ride over was interesting, the captain had simply stuck some cushions onto a couple of planks of wood in his converted fishing trawler, called it a ferry and charged us five quid each for the 10 minute journey. The island itself is lovely, the views were amazing, although some of the 'houses' looked more like my garden shed in Northern Ireland. I think ill leave islands like that for people like my parents, after today, the closest I ever want to get to nature again is looking at it from my balcony. 
