Some days are slow and scenic with lots of stops to look at cool stuff like herons fishing a couple of days ago. Other days are just about getting the miles in, like today. The long range forecast suggested rain on Sunday so I was pretty determined to get to Charlottetown, PEI by Saturday afternoon. With the goal of a Warmshowers host in Shemogue I put on clean riding clothes, made oatmeal for breakfast, boiled water for my thermos and spread peanut butter on the bagels I had left. 80% of this trip has been mental so in my head I split the day into 3 and headed back to highway 11.
It was a long straight road with a pretty good shoulder and beautiful fall colours. Although this area is a mixture of Acadian and Mik'maq it also seems to have adopted the concept of counties from England and I rode from Northumberland into Kent on the 52km stretch to Richibucto. I had an early chilli lunch at Tim's as this has given me good energy previously and sent some emails I had been thinking about. I was on my way out when I met Jack, a young British guy who is planning a cross Canada ride next summer and after answering a number of his questions and giving him my blog and email addresses I was back on the road.
I rode 63km to Shediac which has the 'world's largest lobster' at a decent pace, making another refuelling stop before the final 33km to Shemogue. The easterly wind had been neither significantly helping or hindering me most of the day as I was riding predominately south but at Shediac I turned east and into the wind. Initially I took the coastal 133 but moved inland to the 15 in the hope it would be less windy, it wasn't but the road surface was better and there was a shoulder.
My Warmshowers host Bill was a lobster fisherman and a really interesting guy. His
wife Marilyn does silk painting and although she was away Bill showed my the studio he built for her. I spent a fascinating evening talking with Bill and learnt quite a bit about lobster fishing and the effect of the Confederation Bridge on the ecology of the Northumberland Straight.
Fall colours by the road.
World's largest lobster in Shediac.
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