The weather gets colder. Minus seven today but this time the wind has dropped and we had a clear blue sky so when I went out this afternoon to help with the very last radar survey it was quite a pleasant experience.
In the morning I spent my day in front of the computer working on a website (a busman's holiday comes to mind but I'm pretty happy playing with Dreamweaver software so it was okay).
This evening we've had presentations from some of the other volunteers: Carla talking about an expedition to Alaska to survey Sea Otters - a project where she was joined by Roy Grant (one of Brookes Earthwatch volunteers, it did look a fantastic experience), Barbara talked about an expedition to Australia to monitor echidnas (amazing egg laying mammals) and Gray, who is my current hero, about his work as an Environmental Co-ordinator in a town in New Jersey. He has given me some fantastic ideas to bring back to Brookes to reduce our ecological footprint.
It's 10.00 pm here, in a clear night sky the northern lights are shining outside, and Mars is the brightest, and reddest, star in the sky. I'm going to go and watch.
I'm sure we'll get snow and plummeting temperatures here too soon (down to -30 in the winter), but for now we are very content with Fall. It's been 27 degrees (above zero) with glorious sunshine for the last three or four days here in Toronto - the 4th best city to live in the world (so they say). Anyway, take care. Have a good trip back to Blighty. Matt
lol luv ya hope ur last days are good 
I wonder if you've got a teliscope there. If you have can you see see Mars through it? i'd love to see Mars too. Ithink your trip must have been great! (Theo)
Thanks for keeping such an interesting blog - it's been fun following your adventures. We're all looking forward to welcoming you back. (Richard)