Day 18 - Charlottetown to Marshville

Part 1 On PEI:

We went to bed early last night and missed the third period of the Stanley Cup Final. In truth, we also missed the first and the second as well chatting to an Aussie named Barry who was on his 10 year long service leave doing a whirlwind tour through Canada. They had started at Fairbanks and done everything in between.

When we had been in bed for some time two Japanese girls came into the room and started to have a chat which got quite loud and animated. I was waiting for Marge to say something, but she didn’t. I slept well apart from being woken by Marge’s loud and continuous snoring. I was about to waken her in consideration of the other folks in the dorm, then I realized that there was only me and the Japanese girls. I slipped off to sleep again as the two girls tossed and turned. I guess what comes around goes around.

This morning, we took our time packing and then went in search of some chain lube as the deluge yesterday had washed the Teflon off. At the same time I hoped to buy a HR monitor and altimeter, but though I was lucky with the lube, we were unsuccessful otherwise.

Once across the Hillsborough Bridge, we made really good time on the gently rolling road with following wind. Very rural countryside spun out before us and it was not long before we stopped at Cherry Valley for a cup of coffee.

We arrived at the ferry at 1:40pm, 10mins after it had departed and the next one was 5pm. All was not lost, we bought a pair of fish and chip platters, the fish is to die for, which we sat quietly and ravenously devoured.

Part 2 In Nova Scotia:


The trip across the Northumberland Straight took 75mins, the sea was flat and the sun shone, making it a very pleasant experience. As we disembarked we saw Eddie, and after the hugs were exchanged, we got on with the plan of getting all our kit to Marshville 45km. We decided to ride the bike, and Eddie would take the trailer and panniers in the car. No wind, beautiful sunshine and a light bike. Eddie came us meet us on his bike with about 12 kms to go and we made it chez Joan and Eddie about 8:20pm ravenous. Lobster, salad, homemade bread, wine, Rhubarb pie, ice cream and tea. Stuffed. And so to bed just after mid night.


23kph average

Distance: 108km
Total Distance: 1598km
Alt change: 450m
Total Alt change: 7374m

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