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  • Day 55

    A sunny day for a long long drive..

    June 24, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Another early start this morning and I headed straight for Ovens Natural Park to do the sea cave trail. It was a relatively quick stop with it being a short trail but it was cool getting to go further down into the sea caves. I jumped in the car and drove to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg. It is very pretty, you can see why it has the reputation it does. I spent a few hours wandering and enjoyed some fish and chips for lunch overlooking the harbour before jumping back in the car and driving to Peggy’s Cove lighthouse. At first when I was arriving, I thought to myself - this is a long drive just to see a lighthouse... but when I arrived I could see just why it had become so famous. The boulders around the lighthouse separating the land from the sea were just so fascinating! There was even a bagpiper playing there!! Then I faced a 6 hour(ish) drive up to Pleasant Bay on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton. It was a long drive but I made it before dark and got my bed in ‘the bunkhouse’.Read more