Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Antigonish from Halifax; the long way

After a rainy day in Halifax yesterday the sun came out this morning as I left the Commons Inn and worked my way along Route 7 to Sherbrooke where I stopped at the Main Street Café for a small lunch. Along the way I detoured oof Route 7 to the tiny fishing village of Little Harbour wher I was able to see the boats, and the lobster traps piled on the wharves as the lobster season has already ended in this area. After lunch I followed 211, including a short cable ferry ride accross the Country Harbour River, and then Routes 316 and a stretch of 16 to Canso, about as far East as you can go on the Nova Scotia mainland.

After a short stop on the Canso wharf for pictures, under increasingly cloudy and threathening skies I retraced my steps on Route 16 all the way along the edge of Chedabucto Bay and northwest to Route 104 which I took to Antigonish. Along the way a now familiar (last year's western ride experience) warning light appeared on my bikes display. I was able to buy the requisite grade of oil at Dad-Tire in Antigonish and succesfully topped-up the lubricant in the hotel parking lot before heading out on foot for dinner. I had a great dinner of papardelle with seafood putanesca sauce and a glass of Goats Do Roam at the Alcove Bistro and Lounge, and a bit of conversation with a couple from Montreal who are touring Nova Scotia in a convertible. not as much fun as on a motorcycle but, as he said, when the weather's bad you can put up the roof.

Tomorrow it's off to cape Bretton.

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