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I headed out on Saturday morning to go to Nova
Scotia. First thing I noted was there had been a fall of snow
overnight so had to manufacture a snow clearing implement to clear all the
windows before heading off and my wee fingers got all froze up in the
process. So.. the first thing I had to do was get unfroze before
heading off :-)
The roads weren't too brilliant when I set off
and then the rain came on and stayed on for the rest of the day so perhaps
not the best time to travel to Nova Scotia. In fact most of the
pictures I took had to be taken from inside the car. You know the
idea... when ready to take a shot switch to intermittent wipe and then
wait for the wipe to start then quickly take photo before too many rain
drops hit the windscreen. Great fun so I hope you appreciate my efforts
:-)
I firrst had to get to the Confederation
bridge which was actually a much longer drive than I'd thoght and that
bridge is certainly a long one.
Once I got into Nova Scotia I popped into the
tourist information office which was OPEN! They kindly suggested a
wee tour I might take which was the coast road to Pictou, the town where
the ship Hector landed with their Scottish settlers.
I am certain that the run I did to Pictou
would be really beautiful in the summer but with the sea and rivers all
frozen there wasn't a great deal to see. There were some interesting
wee communities on the way and I stopped at one for a bite to eat. They
had some interesting old photos on the wall. I will say as you run down
this road you see all kinds of Scottish names on mail boxes and lots of
street and road signs with Scottish names.
Those of you that have read some of the
"Hamish the Haggis" stories will know they were written by Janet MacKay
and she was from Pictou so it was nice to see the town where she lived.
Some really old brick and stone buildings in this town and very similar to
ones you see in Scotland so you can see the Scottish inheritance. Of
course being winter the Hector museum was closed so I just took a photo of
the outside for you to see.
As the light was starting to go I headed to
Truro where I was going to spend the night.
So.. here are the photos I took...
This is me approaching the Confederation
Bridge and the Toll Gates. $CAN39.00 to get off the island. It's free to
get on though :-)
And I got the the end and into New Brunswick
Thought I'd take a couple more pictures before
heading on my way
And the roundabout!
What you'd call a real "dreich" day in
Scotland
And through the haze I spotted the Tourist
Information place
They were most helpful and got me lots of
tourist literature and some good maps!
The arms of Nova Scotia
And as you can see there was tons of
literature no matter what part of Nova Scotia you were heading for. So
after enjoying a browse around it was back out into the weather and
heading for Pictou following the directions the nice lady at the tourist
office had given me
I tried to take a few photos going through
Amherst and again I suspect the summer this would be a good town to
explore.
I will say the road was rather bumby and if
you were prone to car sickness you might need to take it easy along these
roads.
And this is where I stopped for lunch. I will
say this wee town was the businest I passed through. Lots of folk walking
around and cars coming through.
Didn't quite time the wipers that time! :-)
Douglas Byers wrote in aferwards to say that this town is called
Tatamagouche ( First Nation name - means "meeting of the waters").
And back on the road and then I arrived in
Pictou
As you can the weather wasn't good at all and
my hoped for trip to the Hector museum was not to be although I really
should have suspected it.
and back on the road towards Truro where I was
to spend the night. |
