|, proposed. development: with golf course lay-
out: and: streets’ Jeading: to cluster ‘housing,

BY NICK LOTT =
We: ‘arrived: at Calais on Sun= :

English Channel... There we se-"

, hiking, and it wasn't easy,
“Ray and | Ted” finally- got” to

With a nice American: “family,

| who had had little better luck.
“After. talking: it over in their hos
tel: with ‘others they. met,. they took :
the“ train © to Amsterdam, ap-_

second- -hand ‘cars. -There :they.
bought*a : 1964 “Volkswagen bus
‘for $460, complete and ‘including.
insurance, .’ “They /-then drove mo
“Straight “to Barcelona; sleeping

. too,

| the road, -We- -foiind most of the.
drivers very rude, swinging their

day.-after’a quiet: trip over. “the
oP parated to: try’ our luck hitch= -
: Paris, but’ they had walked. most}
“of the | way except for a good ride”:

“There they met Jim and Brian |

-parently.. the: best”: place to buy’

‘in’. the®: bus’ and driving al: night :

Dave and I hada a tough time on ..

vhad-a bad time.

~ Terrace, : North Saanich.’

-off:from studies “to travél;

© Vining.

The “Peninsula” Hitch: Hi ikers”” ‘are: progressing i in their we
oy “travels: in Europe: and have reached Spain. This.is another. mS
Z account -of their experiences from. Nick “Lott, Deneross

Nick “and. four. other. graduates
*-from:Claremont Senior: Secondary School; are ‘taking a year

-Mount® ‘Douglas High: ‘School student; Brian Day. The! other”
*, four are Ted. Clark, Dave. ‘Kerr, Ray Thornber. and Jim.

“They ‘have been joined by a

bone

“ears at: us ‘to scare’ us and then.
: @riving- on, or-making rude. ges-
tures,

Paris, °
his at English,

“Tt was primi-'
“tive; with newspaper “in the bath-
-room: instead of toilet paper.

“The ® next day we got ona
‘train, for. Lyons. At a fine youth
hostel’ we met an interesting Ja-

~“panese boy. who had: hitch-hiked

through Russia. He had the time.
to do this’ because of Strikes’ at

: Ais university in Japan.

eee

In Lyons we -went to a huge
market, ‘much like, one: of ours,
to “buy food: The main dif-
ference: was.-the type .of food
on sale. They had-rows and rows .
of cheeses and more than’ three
aisles.of.wines: .

Between Lyons and Valence v we
We walked at
least: 30. miles and once’ were
‘chased ‘off: the road by police-'
men. “After reaching Valence we
decided. on. the ‘train’ again. and
rode to. Marseilles. This is-a
big, bustling place, but we. found
a clean, cheap hotel - and_ after
an, evening ‘spent at'an outdoor
cafe, with “wine-‘and delicious.
pastries, we went to bed,

Next morning we. boarded the
train ‘to Barcelona, and what a
ride that was! We were stuffed
into second-class seats and sur-
roufided’ by garlic-eating work-
ers, -The ‘scenery was beautiful
-as the train travelled mostly by
the Mediterranean, but: what a
smell! | ©

We arrived at Barcelona about
6 p.m, and began wearily to.
search for a hotel, staggering up
one street and down another we
became more and more aggrava-«
ted. Finally we raninto some fel»
lows from Vancouver who showed
us a cheap pension: 50 pesetas a
night, and a* cheap restaurant
where we had a three-course

Weavers Name.
First President
To Honorary Post

Mrs, Violet White, firstpresi-:,
dent of the Victoria Hand Wea-
vers’ Guild when it was formed
in 1935, was named honorary pre-
sident at the meeting of the Guild
last week.

It was reported that some
members are regularly assisting
in the Arbutus Crafts workrooms,
and that two other members have
been giving weaving instruction
10 five patients in Mount St. Mary
Hospital, Slides illustrating the
displays at the recent North-
western Weavers’ Conference in
Seattle were shown iy Miss
Phyllis Tate. Mrs. H. L. Gon-
nason was the narrator.

We. stayed at a cheap hotel for
“a dollar a°night.”

“ irieal. for. 35: pesetas (a peseia i is
= worth about :1.6 cents).
However,’ we did havea: /
“Jong“ride-“with ‘a farmer. after
: Boulogne . and he. took us right to
‘We, Jaughed. most of. the ~
“-way at our ‘attempts at Frenchand,

After > our meal we went tova

large outdoor pub, where we hada .
zlitre-and: a half of ‘beer: ‘for 50 °f
‘The beer-is’ very good,
- better.’ than. Britain’ s we thought, :
and with it we had squid dipped.

pesetas. :

in batter, really delicious. ;

: That night we slept very sound=

ly -and. awoke. to: await” for. our
friends to” arrive.

WEST SAANICH ROAD’.

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"Community (groups “and organizations planning + to. submit.
a request for. assistance, ceither.: financial. or for facilities,
-are:
on Wednesday, January 7,°1970,. from: 8. 00. ‘to ae 00: ‘Ps me in
the. Council: “Chamber. Town Hall, ; Sidneys:

‘Invited to attend the next meeting of. the Commission.

-RECREAT ou a cons a

: “Anvited. ‘also. are ony individuals. interested ain the forma- a
tion. of new groups or: community. activities generally. The.
Commission desires the widest possible. community repre-
sentation. at. this. meeting. © Sn AS os —

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and many more memorable photographs.

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