And so it ends

Stopped off at Banff on the way to Calgary. Had a wander around, did a spot of shopping and a bit more sightseeing, cause we haven't done enough of that recently. Oh wait ...

We pulled up in the car park in Banff and it was oh so cold. Dry, but with a bit of a breeze and bloomin freezing it was, around -15C. Bif of phaffing around later we had our hats and gloves on and good to go.

Then, two and a half hours later returned to the car and drove off in the direction of Calgary. There was an unusual knocking at the back of the car, so stopped around 500 yards later to take a look at what was banging around in the boot.

Found the culprit before I even got to the boot ...

Left on roof of car while we explored Banff.

I was going to take the gopro with me along with the selfie stick, so got it out of the bag when we pulled into the car park. Then forgot about it, until that knocking started. Amazingly for the 2 and a half hours we were gone, it was on the roof of the car in the middle of Banff. Amazing and very very lucky, even more lucky that it didn't fall off when we first set off. Could only happen to me.

Then the rest of the journey was plain sailing. Check in was a breeze and the airport at Calgary is nice and compact, modern and as with everywhere we've been in Canada, full of super friendly people.

We are now on the plane ready to take off in 15 minutes, so here's hoping we still have some signal so this can get posted before we get off.

See you back in England bloggers.

Shot taken from the Bridge in Banff, then made into b&w for effect

Delightful shop in Banff, an all year round Christmas fairytale store

Paid a visit to the Fairmont Banff Springs, it's how we roll now.

Town of Banff

Was aiming to get to the airport for 4 o'clock. Just pulled up, not bad timing eh?

That is 1162 miles, quite the epic roadtrip.

Really pleased with this trusty machine. She served us well.