A most beautiful experience
At long last I’ve had 10 hours sleep (rather than 3) and feel human again with some time to catch up on emails and THIS BLOG! … just in case you were wondering if HoS had actually got to Rendez-vous 2012. For some odd reason I have had bad jet lag but have also had a great conference … just hadn’t had any time …
The best bit about being here is the opportunity to catch up with so many old friends and to meet amazing new people. And there are so many things to do and places to visit. This must be the best conference for relevant learning I’ve ever been to.
We were plunged into it straight on arrival as Daivd Campbell and I with our colleague Ian Couper from Wits Centre for Rural Health in South Africa ran a 3.5 hour workshop on defining the roles of rural clinical academic leaders, on Day 1. It was a small select group of 15 clinical academics and we have really good data now to add to those collected at the workshop we ran earlier in the year in Johannesburg. I have spent many of the sleepless hours writing up the workshop and it’s almost ready to send on to participants for their input. A great way to write a paper for publication!
But what I really wanted to share was the experience last night of the most beautiful sunset I have seen in a long time (and I’ve seen a few). I couldn’t get the bus to Sudbury for ‘conference on the move’ as I was giving a short presentation on our 20th anniversay at Thursday’s Cultural Evening, so I hired a car planning to catch up with the group last night. What I hadn’t bargained for was SNOW. Anyhow fortunately on Frisday morning the road was re-opened and I had a great drive through glorious Fall (autumn) landscapes with the most amazingly colorful foliage and decided to be sensible after 10 hours and break my journey at the small community of Thessalon, on the shoreline on Lake Huron’s North Channel. NOSM medical students come here and it was recommended as a special place.
Andrew and Susan own the Carolyn Beach Hotel 50 units on 3,000 feet of private beach and the most beautiful panoramic sunset I have experienced in a long while = A MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE sitting on the verandah with a bowl of homemade soup, a cheese and tomato sandwhich and a glass of white wine!
So this morning I’m just off for a brisk (v cold) walk to the rocky point to build an inuk shuk before visiting the local hopsital and driving onto Sudbury to catch up with the group and Day ?? of the conference.
Judi