Day 84 – Rain at night, mist at dawn, coffee in the tent, bike through the mist, breakfast at Timmy’s, rain on the window, book on the table, friends meet for coffee, stories to make you laugh, old folk talk, young’uns don’t, …writing the blog, rain on the window, glad to be inside, lunch at […]
Day 83 – Since I have a ferry place booked on Wednesday, I’ve known for a while that I have some time in hand, but what to do with it? Arriving into St Peter’s this afternoon, the decision was made. It’s a lovely spot, straddling either side of the canal that links Bras d’Or Lake […]
Day 82 – Today was another great day on this trip. I mentioned in the blog yesterday that I had a plan to try and see a private art collection near New Glasgow, and it turned out to be a totally breathtaking experience. I still can’t quite believe the works I saw there. Today’s Distance […]
Day 81 – The campground last night sets my new benchmark for bugs. It was heaving, and I sincerely hope won’t be beaten on this trip. It was really a series of fishing lakes with a fish farm at one end, with cabins, gazebos (with screens to keep out the bugs) and a couple of […]
Day 80 – Across Canada in rather more than 80 Days After yesterday’s masterclass in cod and mackerel fishing from the captain, I’ve been thinking about incorporating his very effective teaching method into my own. So starting from next term, when I want to say “Shall we have a look all of the pieces and […]
Day 79 – I can’t decide whether to call this a rest day or not. It kind of has been, but after a very busy and memorable morning off the bike I then cycled from David’s (he’s off back home to work in Birmingham, poor chap) a reasonable way (ish) on a very hot afternoon […]
Day 78 – I’ve been looking forward to visiting Prince Edward Island on this trip for many reasons, and one is that I finally got to prove that the GoogleMaps route suggestion for cycling from the mainland to the north shore of the island was not the best. As a reminder, here’s what they proposed for […]
Day 77 – I made two big decisions this morning: I booked a place on the ferry for me and my bike across to Newfoundland (they only run three times week) and then I booked my flight home. Now all I have to do is get to both places in time. From the moment that […]
Day 76 – My plan to get close to the Confederation Bridge before stopping today was abandoned at lunchtime, with heavy rain making cycling on the Highway really unpleasant. I pulled off at Shediac, stopped for a while to see if it would clear up, but the forecast was bad for the whole day. So […]
Day 75 – As confidently predicted by my Weather app, violent thunderstorms broke this afternoon, but for once I had the tent up, had showered, eaten, chatted with the owners at the office in the hot sun over an ice cream sandwich, all before the skies darkened. I got back to tent, secured it outside […]
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