M and I have been meandering along Ontario’s south coast at Lake Erie, where we visited one of M’s favourite spots from his time living in Toronto.

Long Point is a large sandbar that has fabulous beaches, many summer (and also year-round) homes, and at its southern tip, a UNESCO world heritage site protecting birds, butterflies and a number of types of plants and trees. It also contains North America’s oldest bird observatory.

We went walking along one of Long Point’s famous beaches. Although there were lots of people about and the sun was shining, it was almost completely deserted since the wind off the lake was quite cold.

A lone kite-surfer had good conditions but he must have been chilly!

We nevertheless had a good walk and enjoyed this unique area.