After a fishy dinner and some liquid nourishment at a nearby sports bar last night we awoke refreshed and were greeted by a clear blue sky and a very warm sunny morning as we made our way over to the motel breakfast room. We were on the road before 10 and headed
east on the Trans Canada Highway. With a gentle tailwind, a good road surface and a wide shoulder to ride on we had excellent conditions and made good time all day. After a lunch break at Antigonish (we don’t really know how to pronounce it) we continued east past St George’s Bay to the Cape Breton causeway and crossed over to Cape Breton Island. After the causeway, and 110km, we stopped at the Port Hastings Visitor’s Centre where we were advised to stay on the Trans Canada to Sydney North and not go around the south side of Bras D’Or Lake. One of the staff also helped us book a motel room and the only shadow that was cast over the day was that the said motel was another 38km up the road, provides no breakfast and there is no
restaurant or bar for miles around. To ward off any symptoms of starvation later tonight we chose to eat another fishy dinner (lots and lots of seafood on the menus around this part of the world) near the Visitor’s Centre. It was very nice, I had a dishful of sautéed scallops and TimB had haddock but getting on the bikes and getting up the hills to get away from the causeway was a rather slow business. The Scottish background of this region is in evidence all around us so we have put in some pictures for our Scottish fans.One other thing we managed to do at the VC was to book our passage on tomorrow nights overnight ferry from Sydney North to Port aux Basques on Newfyland (aka The Rock). According to the on-line booking system there are no more cabins or bunks available so it looks like we will have to prop the bar up all night. Well, I guess worse things could happen to one couldn’t they?
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