Our little gondola provided great views of Vancouver as we went up the side of Grouse mountain.

A quirky little tourist attraction that we found in the old quarter.

Those in the back streets were the biggest surprise and the most incongruous.

Quirky is more mine!

Andrez really likes faces. This was one of his favourites.

They aren't all huge. We came across this little one quite by chance in an overlooked corner.

The paintings that covered the whole side of tower blocks left you wondering how earth they did it.

Vancouver is quite into its street art and even held a festival a couple of years ago. We visited one district which still displayed many examples. So many to choose from...

Having been under starter's orders, while the gates opened,  it was a frantic dash to the beach on the Atlantic side.

The faster, competitive youngsters were gradually joined by us oldies. I'm in there somewhere with a green noodle.