Looked as though we’d be getting rained on when we woke. Penny went to check out and shared our proposed route with our host who warned us that most roads are not paved with the exception of the Trans Canada. Did we listen? I thought, naively, that the saving of eight kilometres would be worth a little gravel. So after about five kilometres we turned off on a paved road, then on to another that was old asphalt but still good, this turned to gravel—we can handle this—which turned to mud!
Penny was quite concerned about the filthy state of our bikes
We persevered until the puddles took over the road completely. Checked the map and decided returning to the highway was our only option. Cleaned up a bit at a small creek and got back to better roads, then back on to the Trans Canada. Not the most scenic route but it eventually got us to Port Hawkesbury where we found an excellent Tea room for lunch while waiting for our AirBnB host to get home. Printed out our tickets at the bus station and now here we sit, enjoying a drink in Kathy’s backyard.
Port HawkesburyIt seemed as though all our accommodation required a climb!
With the exception of biking back to the bus station in the morning, this completes the biking portion of our Cape Breton trip.
