You can probably see from our tracker that we are holed up at St Peter’s Canal alongside. Sitting out a warning for Northerly winds today and tonight. We hope to get a weather window to cross the Strait to St John’s Saturday 28th. a distance of about 400NM. Possibly take us about three and a bit days, less if we get a favourable slant.
All’s well here, crew asleep right now, however breakfast is looming and as soon as they hear the kettle sing they’ll be up and about. Then we are off to explore the town and find a grog shop… Very scarce in Canada it seems. We could only find one in Halifax and it was shut. The Jameson is holding up well, though the beer supply is sadly diminished. (Many visitors).
Right now at St. Peter’s Harbour Nova Scotia for a few days probably until Sunday PM the way the maps look. Have reasonably good Cell and good free WiFi at Tim Hortons (Think Canadian McDonalds) and lousy stewed coffee that I’m prepared to buy but not drink in return for access! (Nothing in life is Free)
This is a sort of country town on the far north coast of Nova Scotia, a little run down at the edges, French, English& Gaelic speaking and no tourist traffic except for the odd group of guys and gals on very shiny, noisy Harleys! The traffic rules have to be seen to be believed. If you even look like you might be thinking about crossing the road all the traffic stops politely and waves you across. .. No wonder they all drive so slowly.
We are novelties in town! It’s hard to shop or sit in the cafe without some local striking up a spontaneous conversation. Soooo… it takes a long time to walk the few hundred yards from the dock to the Main Street of the town. Passers by stop and offer lifts and ask if we need supplies ferried from the local shopping centre… “Where have you come from?”, “where are you going?”, “Australia! so far away!” “Did you buy the boat in Halifax?”, “You didn’t sail it all the way!”, “What about the dark?” Oh and the one that I really like, “But you’re so old!”
A little overwhelming really!
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