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The Bluenose2 was, in reality an Acanthopagrus butcheri which is native to Australia.

They had to be close to home, thought Allan, as he chased down the road after it.

Silly Allan it's a fishing schooner as everyone knows.....as Allan ran towards sugar beach he saw a lovely Muskoka chair...it looked so inviting...he decided to pause for a while....once sitting there he relaxed and suddenly found he had a long tall glass of something cold in his hand.....it was a beer..the famous buck a beer!!

Allan gulped the beer down with relish. Tomato actually.

When he got to the bottom of the glass he saw a small piece of antler. That buck was definitely not stewed enough to be made into beer.

After all the activity, and the warmth and the beer, Allan began to close his eyes and dream. Dream of going home...……………...

and wouldn't you know it he woke up in Toronto again....BUT...in NSW

Now all they had to do was make their way from Newcastle to Sydney, where they could catch the train to Perth.

This would best be done in the dead of the night so that the multiple personalities would not be aware of what was happening.

The trouble with travelling in the dark is that it is much more difficult to read the destination and arrivals boards........

But fear not dear readers....Allan has many skills...unfortunately reading in the dark is not one of them....you guessed it....don't even try and figure out how.....he ended up in Newcastle no problem.....but the one in Ontario he'd never left at all it seems :-)

Allan took several to get over the shock of still being in Newcastle, Ontario and his OH had now seen all tat there is to see and enjoyed several trips on the lake.
So now it was time to knuckle down and get on with their journey so.........

Pausing only long enough to down several pints of Newcastle Brown, and replenish the supplies in his OH's copious bag, they eventually went forth, or, in Allan's case, staggered fifth.

It wasn’t just the brown ale that gave Allan the staggers, but the..........

Weight of his OH's bag which now contained the contents of a small flat, complete with the kitchen sink.

Allan was in no mood for a quick tap dance!

Any local police that can be spared have been asked to keep a lookout for a character last seen dragging a heavy and capacious lady's bag.

Locals are becoming very concerned as they have heard that the character known as Al LAN has been talking about ending his trip before he has the chance to get home from his epic journey. ;-)

Allan was pondering on the use of the word 'trip' especially as he had eaten some mushrooms that he found growing in a magic place

At least this would explain the weird clothes Al Lan was now wearing thanks to OH who'd suddenly come into possession of various materials and pieces of lace etc (see other thread), which also helps to explain the weight of the copious bag.....

The very fabric of society was being rendered in twain, if not indeed in tweed.

(Ah! Sweet memories of my Sherlock Holmes Thread, which I never did finish. I might have to resurrect it now that I have some new 'material')

Tweed! So much more appealing than a lace mankini.

Tearing eyes out at the mere thought.... no offense Allan...so getting back to the adventure....Allan in Tweed mankini OH with copious bag....Allan snacking on magic food of the mushroom variety....stuck in small-town Newcastle Ontario.....they somehow manage to get to the 401 and start hitchhiking ....but who will roll their trouser leg up to flash their knees????

Nobody stopped at the sight of the knobbly, hairy, knees, so Allan decided that he'd better try his luck.

Off they walked down the road, completely forgetting that traffic travelled in the opposite direction to what was normal in their homeland.

Not deterred Allan started to sing "Tie me Maple Leaf Down, Sport, tie me Maple Leaf down"

What Allan and OH hadn't figured was large hairy creatures tend not to be picked up after all who wants a bear in their car, and one that sounds like it's in pain.

By a sheer miracle, they were picked up and who's truck should they end up in none other than......