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August 11th, 2013 | Canada

BIG Birthday, No Bash !!

Since the day we started out on our epic ride, the Big Fella and I have marked our journey by the numbers…

The exact place where the Big Fella reached a huge milestone of his own. This is on the Nova Scotia / New Brunswick border.

We figured it would be easier to […]

August 11th, 2013 | Canada

The Cabot Trail…

The weather had improved, and after checking to see how long before the next cold front would come tearing down over Cape Breton, I saw that I had a very short window of opportunity available to me.

We took the short cut to the start of the Cabot Trail via the Englishtown Ferry

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August 10th, 2013 | Canada

North Sydney and a Change of Heart…

The few days I spent in North Sydney at the Heritage Home B&B were both pleasurable and frustrating.

Heritage Home, a stones throw from the shores of Sydney Harbour Sound..

Pleasurable, because I was made to feel at home by the owner Juana, who went out of her way to make my stay […]

August 9th, 2013 | Canada

Bad Weather and Blind Ferry Captains…

After a week spent on Prince Edward Island, I am back in Nova Scotia, with hopes of getting to Newfoundland. I arrived in Cape Breton last night, and today the weather has closed in, with heavy rain forecast over the next few days…

To make matters worse, one of the three ferries that service Newfoundland […]

August 8th, 2013 | Canada

Cape Breton…

I left the farm we had been staying on and ride along the coast towards the Confederation Bridge.

South African Toll Roads take note !! In every other country in the world, tolls for motorcyclists are either half that of cars, or FREE !!

I rode through the villages of Rice Point, Canoe […]

August 7th, 2013 | Canada

Prince Edward Island…

Prince Edward Island, or just P.E.I., as it is most often referred to, is Canada’s smallest province, both in area and population. It lies cradled between three other provinces; to the west by New Brunswick province, to the south by Nova Scotia; and to the east by Cape Breton Island, and is separated from all […]