Thanks Rap. Mrs. Backwoodsman just checked and found that there's a substantial fire on Dog Mountain, Sproat Lake, on the road from Tofino - that's where we noticed the smell and yellow clouds were strongest. Something of a shock for people who live in the UK, where we don't have the huge forests, and wildfires are infrequent.

Lots of cabins by the lake, hope they all survive the fire.

Weather Forecast for Victoria BC today shows 'Smoke'.

Apologies to all for the thread-drift.