#short-breaks

‘Was he as tall as that tree?” asked my wide-eyed seven-year-old, his imagination on overdrive as he pointed to an ash tree at least eight storeys high. “Hmm, a bit less than that,” answered our guide, who was fielding questions from my kids about the time he faced a grizzly bear on a mountain-bike trail in Canada. “Yes, he could have killed me. No, I wouldn’t have been able to ride away fast enough, grizzlies can run at 35 mph.” And, to my nine-year-old glancing over his shoulder,