Day 10 Cape Bretton, NS to Scotsburn, NS

For someone who was so uncertain about staying in a hostel, I really didn’t want to leave. Comfy beds, quiet surroundings, nice people, beautiful area, hot showers, boot dryers… The list goes on for reasons I would of loved to of stayed one more night but the show must go on.

Rain was due at 11am so we set off early, so that this time we could actually see the trail and hopefully get some nice photos.

This will always blow my mind in Canada. Coming from the UK where weed is illegal and growing it can get you put in prison, to see it growing so freely (and beautifully) is always surprising to me.

Before we started our trip, we had to fuel up and get some breakfast. Because we were on a time limit, we decided to buy sandwiches and snacks from a small café on the road and eat when we stopped. I bought the BEST egg mayonnaise sandwich from this café. It was made with onions and celery so it had a delicious crunch to it. I tried to recreate this when I got back but it’s never as good is it?

Equipped with food and fuelled up with coffee, we geared up whilst being side eyed by this dog and went on our way.

I am so glad we left early. Part of me wanted to back track and do the whole thing again but having to return to work, we were on a time crunch. (I’m still waiting to win the lottery so I can do this forever).

I had to put my bike on reserve again which was gave us serious PTSD flashbacks from yesterday’s incident. We rode for a whole 30kms before we found a fuel station (why does this keep happening to us?! Who’s putting these fuel stations so far apart?!) By the time we got there, my knuckles were white and my hands were cramped from the death grip but I hadn’t run out of fuel.

As promised, we got our rain so after an hour of riding in it, we stopped for a coffee and something sweet. It seemed we had chosen the busiest Tim Hortons in Canada and then we had to wait 20 minutes for the cookies to be baked. A little annoying when we don’t have the time to spare, but getting a cookie fresh out the oven was worth it.

We had two “World’s largest”s today. The first was the world’s largest axe. I’m not really sure how people decide what objects their going to create the world’s largest of, an axe seems pretty random but it’s definitely impressive!

Our next stop was the World’s largest covered bridge which my friend, David recommended. This was a great place to stop as they had a small restaurant with a great view of the bridge for us to have a late lunch.

After a pretty dry afternoon we opted to camp again and found a great spot at The River Country Campground. As we began to set up, our neighbour came over for a chat. He recommended that we pitch our tent a couple of metres over, as where we were was prone to flooding. We took his recommendation and I’m so thankful we did, as in the morning that area was a giant puddle.

We spent the evening by the fire listening to the crickets and distant murmurings of late night conversations. I finished my book and we were in bed by 9pm. I drifted off thinking to myself “Wow this is so peaceful”.

…At 2 am that feeling had long gone. Someone had a jenga party which involved a lot of screaming and then their children (who were also screaming) were running around the campsite. My back was aching, I was tired, I had a headache, it was raining again, I was in a grump and I was looking forward to getting out of this campsite in the morning. I eventually fell asleep around 3am, frowning and thinking longingly back to the hostel. I had already decided tomorrow I was going to be in a bad mood.

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