We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week the Saturday turned out to be quite windy, dry, sunny and surprisingly warm. We hiked the Shingle Beach road and had lunch on the grassy bluffs where we sat and watched the strong southeasterly pushing white capped waves towards the north. On the way down we decided to check the situation at the tiny Yewtree Bay that I knew has been used by squatters for the last few years. We found the rustic cabin still there, but in quite a mess with quite a lot of rubbish scattered around the area and no one in residence. Checking out the trail from the cabin to the tiny cove not far to the north we found some new clearings in the forest and some newer side trails. One ended at the top of a low cliff with a nice view, nothing special, but close by we discovered one of the largest Arbutus trees I have seen on Texada and you can see the base of the trunk in my photo. Also quite a surprise was finding right next to the giant yet another Western Yew, a healthy specimen that may well be just as old as the much larger Arbutus.
JD.
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