Day 26 - Junction of TCH and Route 100 to St John's

We breakfasted in the room on muesli and jam sandwiches then made our way over the diner for a cup of coffee with Lads which Neil generously paid for. The sky was lightly overcast, and the wind came unhelpfully but without much conviction from the south. We stayed on to chat with Clare and Robert then made our way slowly toward St J’s. We caught up with three of the lads quite quickly, but Neil was way ahead until their compulsory 10km stop.

We finally set off on our own and caught up with Tristan (one of the lads from Quebec) who was looking a little tired. We gave him a banana and some trail mix and lead him into the wind for some time, until he caught up with his friend. Enjoyment of the peace and tranquility of the countryside however was short lived as the traffic built up to a steady stream and it became too noisy to communicate.

We took exit 42 into town and made a few peregrinations, but finally found the mile zero marker, took a picture and found the Hostel, which is excellent. We made arrangement with the guys for a celebration as Bob has finally finished his crossing, he had taken six bites at it, but now it was done! We are walking to George Street.


17kph average

Distance: 89km
Total Distance: 2067km
Alt change: 904m
Total Alt change: 11446m