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| Is this what heaven looks like? |
We just returned home from a long weekend's drive to Canada and back to pick up our daughter from her summer camp, somewhere north of Perry Sound, Ontario. This is the fourth consecutive year of taking her to camp and we always drive the 1,000 miles or so that it takes. In all of our travels, we had never stopped in at one of Canada's famous Tim Horton's donut shops, so I resolved to cross that item off the old bucket list.
Let me just say that the donuts are every bit as good as advertised via word of mouth. If you are travelling in Canada, take the time to stop at a Tim Horton's and buy a bag of donuts. I had a Chocolate Raspberry Truffel donut, see below, that was to die for. If I am so lucky as to one day pass through the pearly gates of Heaven, I'm convinced that there will be a Tim Horton's there (and a long line to boot).
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| I had the Chocolate Raspberry Truffle in the upper center as well as one of the Maple Dipped donuts in the lower center. Yummmmmy! |
The journey set my shipping of orders back a little bit this week, but I will catch up with everything by the end of this week.
As long as we are talking about Good Things, let me show you a couple pictures of my growing collection of Britain's War Along the Nile Camel Corps, as shown in the two pictures below.
As usual, click on the pictures to enlarge the view (you can even double click, if you dare).
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| RN Gatling Gun Crew |
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| Britain's Camel Corps from its War Along the Nile range of figures. |
Over the last several weeks, the Camel Corps has grown from 9 figures to 46 figures as of today. I want to thank Matthew in particular for selling me a large chunk of the collection, including the suppine camels and the Naval Gatling Gun and crew (both of which are hard to find). Add in the 60 York & Lancaster Regiment figures from the same range, and I've got a square of 106 figures plus a Gatling Gun PLUS Fred Burnaby! I think that I am ready for the Dervish this time.
A thousand mile round trip for donut sounds cool. Love the Camel Corps!
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ReplyDeleteI trust that when you were stood in the queue for Tim Hortons that you were practising you're best Homer Simpson impression. I like donoughts but a 1,000 mile trip for one is a bit extreme. Really like the way your Sudan project is shaping up.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul. It is sort of evolving into 2 Sudan projects: Britains War Along the Nile and glossy toy soldiers.
DeleteA great trip all the way around then! We have a few Tim Horton's on this side of the border here in Michigan. They are indeed good. . . an understatement if ever there were one.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
I did not know that TH was located in the US. It seems that they would do very well in the US.
DeleteWhere I live, there is a Timmie's a stone's throw from us. My daughter works there, so I hear the REAL stories or at least, her understanding of them. By the way, I prefer the honey crullers.
ReplyDeleteDo you know about this place? They are licensed to cast Britians replacement parts and sell other lines. (I used to work for them.) http://londonbridgecollectorstoys.com/
DeleteThat is a useful source for parts. I wonder if they are still in business - lots of toy soldier shops have gone out of business in recent years.
DeleteThe Britains figures are fabulous, though the camels lying down always make me think of Christmas nativity scenes. Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution. If you took Hwy 400 to Parry Sound you passed by me in Barrie.
ReplyDeleteYes, we pass through Barrie every year. They have a nice On-Route stop there too. :)
DeleteAnd to think, the donuts now aren't nearly as good as they were 15-20 years ago!
ReplyDeleteI blame centralised production and the Krispy Kreme invasion.
The doughnuts sound great! Tim Horton's coffee has been a favorite of mine for quite some time - unfortunately, my local supermarkets have stopped carrying it! :-(
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