Day 16 - Bouctouche to Borden-Carlton (PEI)

After breakfast at the hotel we started off in light drizzle along route 134, eschewing the longer coast road due to the poor visibility and, frankly, to shorten the ride by a few km. We were snug and warm in our rain gear and I looked quite a toff in my bright yellow industrial gloves keeping my hands dry.

When we got to Cocagne a bridge was out which caused us a 5km detour along route 11.

Without much further ado, we arrived in Shediac and, after taking the obligatory pictures of the giant lobster, we had a great lunch in Magicos (Great chowder and caramel fudge cake). We chatted to a young RNFS guy from UK who was looking to buy a house. Apparently he was on ship for 4 months then had 3months off. Sounds like a good life.


Two policemen stopped three young boys outside the restaurant and had a “chat” with them for sometime before one Policeman came in to warn us to keep an eye out for our bikes. We said a tearful goodbye to T&D as they went off to Moncton to catch the bus.

The wind was not a factor in today’s ride, we just plodded on southwards through rural country. One thing we found strange was that this week must be the once a year pick up of large garbage. Things like stoves, fridges, ovens et cetera. It was common to see three or four different pieces piled neatly in line for the collector. One house must have had a complete makeover as their pile was ten plus meters long (sorry “Live Wire” we did not take a photo).

At 72km we stopped for a snack and met a couple of guys who dropped a donation in the JDRF fund. (Thanks to them and the other folks that have been so generous over the past weeks.) Then it was just a case of completing the distance to the ferry. Mr Numbers got his sums wrong (it has happened before) which meant we had a few more kms to do. At about 5pm we got to the Bridge and the system swung into action. A truck came to pick us up and a half hour later we were in PEI. Another slightly magical, and free, experience.




Into Subway for a couple of feet of sandwich to go and a pizza we bought last night then up the road to get ourselves ensconced in a snug, little cabin that we soon had at sauna temperature. Tomorrow it’s off to Charlottetown along the old railway and to buy a new Heart Rate monitor. According to my old one I have been dead for a couple of days. I thought the odor was that I hadn’t taken a shower after vigorous exercise…….



21.5kph average

Distance: 117km
Total Distance: 1430km
Alt change: 540m
Total Alt change: 6174m

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