Scent of Peek Frean cookies wafted west into Leaside

by The Bulldog • April 30, 2016

Or so says inveterate local explorer and outdoorsman Rudy Limeback in this Friday tweet.

#dlws a rare wind from the east, and i smell the Peek Freans cookie factory at O'Connor & Bermondsey, all the way over here in #Leaside

— Rudy Limeback (@rudydotca) April 29, 2016

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