Hopedale

next stop is Hopedale which is a quickly becoming the centre of Innu and Inuit politics.600 ish residents. It’s a totally different culture to the fishing communities in the south of Labradore. I get the feeling this is very much Inuit and we are very much guests. And the pup is going to be the centre of town. The 30 mile sail in is in totally flat water and 12 knots of breeze upwind most of the way. 25c tee shirts shorts and a thousand island to meander through. Couldn’t be easier.

2 late nights in town. Doing our best drunken talking S H one TEE. By the end of the night we know half of town and will be needling a lay in.
Our new friends bring gifts for us. (A bit earlier than we are expecting) Ian gives us 2 Char which are for all intense and purposes a salmon. And Harry pops by with a bag of smelt some home made jam and a jar of pickled Beetroote. We thought if had be initially not that warm a welcome but after a bit of warming up all was good. Today Franks supermarket for food and some filling of fuel jerry cans are on our short job list . As tommorow after another big night out we are heading to Naine . Probably as far north we are going to go.Read more