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Continue reading →: Day 25: Island Pond to Wells River89 km (55 miles) – Total so far: 2,301 km (1,430 miles) Heavy rain last night but it didn’t put me off walking the 25 metres to the Pond’s Edge Pub. That gave way to a fine morning though, and cool with highs of only early 20s. After a great breakfast…
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Continue reading →: Day 24: Island PondIsland Pond is my sort of place. The population hovers about 1,500 people. The are quite a few holiday cabins around the edge of the village but there are few people here now as they believe the weather is poor, and school is close to starting. For me the weather…
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Continue reading →: Day 23: Brompton to Island Pond (USA)96 km (60 miles) – Total so far: 2,212 km (1,374 miles) When thunder and heavy rain wake you then there’s two options, up and at it, or see what it’s like in an hour. I chose the latter, and was away at 9:30. Actually it was to be the only…
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Continue reading →: Day 22: Victoriaville to Brompton92 km (57 miles) – Total so far: 2,116 km (1,315 miles) Earlier finish today which is much needed, and will give me a chance to celebrate the Ashes win. I left with a rainy lunch and just caught up at Windsor cycling up to the Tim Horton’s restaurant window to…
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Continue reading →: Day 21: Quebec City to Victoriaville121 km (75 miles) – Total so far: 2,024 km (1,258 miles) What made a tough day tougher was that my attempts to steal an Internet signal to get an Ashes catch up all failed. It was only after I had rode several kilometres around Victoriaville that I called into the…
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Continue reading →: Day 20: Quebec CityCleaning gear and resting up on by chane a day of extremely strong winds. Not a good day for cyclists, but I had planned to stay put anyway.
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Continue reading →: Day 19: L’Islet-sur-mer to Quebec City95 km (59 miles) – Total so far: 1,903 km (1,182 miles) You may be deceived into thinking that southerly wind is prevailing and another hard day was in store. I was. What a difference a day makes. Overcast and dull but still this morning and the first 64 kilometres in…
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Continue reading →: Day 18: Rivière du Loup to L’Islet-sur-mer114 km (71 miles) – Total so far: 1,808 km (1,123 miles) You may be deceived into thinking a ride down the right bank of the St Lawrence seaway would be one of the easier days. I was. Sometimes, most times it seems to me, the wind is not your friend…
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Continue reading →: Day 17: Degelis to Rivière du Loup113 km (70 miles) – Total so far: 1,694 km (1,053 miles) First job his morning was to get a new back tyre. Looked closely last night at it and discovered half centimetre gash in the wall. I feared there would be nowhere until Rivière and would need to try and…
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Continue reading →: Day 16: Perth Andover to Degelis98 km (61 miles) – Total so far: 1,581 km (982 miles) Having been so wet yesterday I used B and B to get everything dry. It was fine and cheap, but I will need to work harder to appreciate the typical Canadian breakfast. Two pancakes and some very tasteless meat…
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Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
