When you picture fans of the vampire-romance Twilight Saga films, who do you see?
Christine Kilpatrick, owner and operator of (a service that takes Twilight fans to the various locations in the Lower Mainland where the movies were shot) says most of the people who take her tours are educated, professional women from all over the world.
In a blue Dodge Crew van, she drives fans or Twihards, as they are affectionately, and not-so-affectionately, monikered to various locations in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»area.
Lynn Ford and her friend Louise Cliffe travelled from the small rural England town of Shrewsbury to take Kilpatricks tour in 2010. They will be coming again, in November, for the release of the fourth and final segment in the series.
We first visited Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»in June 2010 at the start of a Twilight-related road-trip that we had been planning pretty much since the New Moon movie was released, says the 50-year-old Ford, who works in the education sector for the government.
While researching locations to visit for their Twi-tour, Ford came across a newspaper article about Christine Kilpatricks Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»movie locations tours.
Ford says that after spending several-thousand pounds on her passion for the Twilight series, she would consider herself a Twihard.
Ford and Cliffe are two of roughly 300 Twilight fans Kilpatrick has given the tour over the past four years ().
Notable tour locations:
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Aquarium: Breaking Dawn
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Art Gallery: Eclipse
Gastown (Abbott Street): Eclipse
Orpheum: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Beatty Street: Breaking Dawn Part 2
David Thompson High School: New Moon and Eclipse
Port Coquitlam: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2
Capilano Park (scene of the famous break-up log): New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2
